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03-10-2006, 02:58 PM
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I was on a golf course as it was being built working on illustrations for a yardage guide when I spotted this guy while cruising across a bridge. I stopped my cart and pulled out a 4 megapixel Olympus E-10 and shot this. This species is the southern cousin of the spotted owl. That's a red cypress he's perched in, I can't believe I noticed him(if his eyes would have been closed I probably wouldn't have). |
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Originally Posted by sitarro I was on a golf course as it was being built working on illustrations for a yardage guide when I spotted this guy while cruising across a bridge. I stopped my cart and pulled out a 4 megapixel Olympus E-10 and shot this. This species is the southern cousin of the spotted owl. That's a red cypress he's perched in, I can't believe I noticed him(if his eyes would have been closed I probably wouldn't have). |
Nice lighting.  Late afternoon or early morning?
Do you have a site where you can host larger versions (perhaps 800X600 or larger)? |
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Originally Posted by sitarro I was on a golf course as it was being built working on illustrations for a yardage guide when I spotted this guy while cruising across a bridge. I stopped my cart and pulled out a 4 megapixel Olympus E-10 and shot this. This species is the southern cousin of the spotted owl. That's a red cypress he's perched in, I can't believe I noticed him(if his eyes would have been closed I probably wouldn't have). | Sitarro, consider putting your pics up on www.flickr.com 
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Seeing an owl like that, in nature, must be great. Have you ever taken pictures of Loons on a Northern lake?
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Originally Posted by The ClayTaurus | Will do, thanks. The Barred owl was shot in the late afternoon |
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Originally Posted by sitarro I was on a golf course as it was being built working on illustrations for a yardage guide when I spotted this guy while cruising across a bridge. I stopped my cart and pulled out a 4 megapixel Olympus E-10 and shot this. This species is the southern cousin of the spotted owl. That's a red cypress he's perched in, I can't believe I noticed him(if his eyes would have been closed I probably wouldn't have). | Good eye !
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Rep Power: 41 | | | You take great, professional-quality photos of nature, Sitarro. Your photos remind me of nature photos taken by a former colleague of mine who was really wasting his God-given talent in the business world.
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