Your great gray owls images are fantastic, I love them all... If you don't mind to share, would you please tell us where in Ottawa and approximately the month of the year that you photograph these images? I love to have an opportunity to go for photographing these birds.
Many thanks in advance and have a wonderful time.
Eastern Ottawa in early Feb. These owls are down in Ottawa this year, but maybe not the next few years.
That is a fantastic set.
I would have also taken advantage of the opportunity to get relatively close to a GGO.
You still had to take the photos so its not like its an easy job.
Point taken .....
I still think that your processing sucks as indicated in your other recent thread. The Owl is also oversaturated but maybe not ...... it could be the effect of the bird's diet ..... who knows ......
Best regards.
Herb Houghton wrote:
Here's a few more shots from my trip to Ottawa. For the non posting lurkers whom are so enthralled with disclosing the baiting: These owls were baited by others, I took advantage of the situation and I took these shots. And yes, I am proud of them, very much so in fact. Most all of the Ottawa GGO's posted on here are baited, so I imagine the playing field is level ? Why do the non posters have so much interest in all of our posts ? I'm sure the non posting lurkers who only come out to stir the pot would have walked the other way on their first chance of GGO shots after a 7 hour drive. Yeah right !
canon.eos30d wrote:
Wow, I just can sit back, relax and enjoy your GGO, Herb. Love the incoming with #1, the walk with #3 and the last one just like the surprise from the wood.
great stuff herb! i went to see/photograph these owls under identical circumstances, and i feel the same way that you do. it was a once in a lifetime chance to see and photograph birds i had never seen before (and almost certainly won't ever see this well again!).
In the army we always say,"work smarter not harder". Nothing wrong with capitalizing on a situation, especially if you can get some great shots out of it!
