On Jul 8, 2007, at 6:15 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > Here is one unexpected catch I got Up North. One that I'm none the > less quite proud of. > > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-73 > > Certainly no more than documentation, but with the Eagle Owl being on > the Red List of endangered species, it was a great experience to hear > the hoots through the light night. I really didn't have much hope of > getting any photos on a such a one-off wildcard attempt, so I had the > 70-200 zoom on the camera. This is a nearly 1:1 crop. When I had > changed lenses to a 400mm, it was gone.
Good that you got the photo anyway. These big owls are very impressive birds. I had a Great Horned Owl strike at a field mouse one evening while I was walking in the dusk of Vermont. It dove across my path, just a couple of feet in front of me, I heard a moment's squeek, and then it was off. A silent, dark shape of winged terror ... amazing. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
