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Yesterday an unexpected high tide left me stranded way out in the estuary but it also stranded a number of voles on tiny patches of dry land. The single flying owl had a field day and caught 8-10 voles in a row and stockpiled them in one of the small berms.

These shots were from yesterday and a few from today.

Nov 27, 2017 at 08:00 PM

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Great set Geoff. 8 is a bit small for my pick and the environment not making me think you wanted an environmental portrait. The second is my pick.

It's a good thing there was no hungry 747 or we'd need a new dentist on the forum.

Morris

Nov 27, 2017 at 08:05 PM

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Very, very nice set!

Nov 27, 2017 at 08:23 PM

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Amazing set, thanks for posting.

Vic

Nov 27, 2017 at 08:24 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Bad day to be a vole...

Nice to be stuck on an island with a bunch of cooperative owls. I don't know that it gets any better than the situation and the resulting photos! (actually I can think of a few situations that I'd prefer to be stuck on an island with, but this is N&W.)

Don

Nov 28, 2017 at 12:11 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Bad day to be a vole...

Fantastic set of images, Geoff! Thanks for sharing these. We have had some higher than predicted tides lately due to some very strong weather systems.
Keith W.

Nov 28, 2017 at 01:48 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Bad day to be a vole...

Fine work on these, Geoff. 6 is special.

Nov 28, 2017 at 08:20 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Bad day to be a vole...

Wow Geoff these are great really nice backgrounds.

Dave

Nov 28, 2017 at 08:28 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Bad day to be a vole...

These are beautiful.

~Mansur

Nov 28, 2017 at 09:19 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Bad day to be a vole...

Fantastic set Geoff. Bad day for the voles, good day for you.

Glenn

Nov 28, 2017 at 09:46 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Bad day to be a vole...

What a great opportunity! Beautiful shots

Nov 28, 2017 at 03:03 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Bad day to be a vole...

A thrill to see this and get great photos like this, Geoff. Beautiful

-Tam

Nov 28, 2017 at 03:07 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Bad day to be a vole...

Always fun just to look at the images for what they bring in impact or mood then go back and look at some of the techs on them

#3 at 1/160th?

#4 more of what I would expect at 1/160th but creative

You are a brave man reaching out with 600x2 ...........pretty impressive Geoff on the grabs you got.
5,6 and 7 are gorgeous!! Very nice!
Last one catches a unique mood for me, the drama of the very cool hued BG and some warmth and light on the owl works for me to end the set

Karl

Nov 28, 2017 at 03:12 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Bad day to be a vole...

The last image is my favorite as it shows the bird´s habitat, thanks for sharing!

Nov 28, 2017 at 05:53 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Bad day to be a vole...

A killer series Geoff with one and two being most impressive shooting with a 2x on the 600mm. Great job!

Nov 28, 2017 at 06:27 PM

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morris wrote:
Great set Geoff. 8 is a bit small for my pick and the environment not making me think you wanted an environmental portrait. The second is my pick.

It's a good thing there was no hungry 747 or we'd need a new dentist on the forum.

Morris
Thanks Morris. #8 was sort of environmental/small in the frame idea. I liked the rows of colours and how the owl stood out from them.
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Fred Amico wrote:
Very, very nice set!
Thanks Fred
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viczig wrote:
Amazing set, thanks for posting.

Vic
Thanks Vic
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DonGut wrote:
Nice to be stuck on an island with a bunch of cooperative owls. I don't know that it gets any better than the situation and the resulting photos! (actually I can think of a few situations that I'd prefer to be stuck on an island with, but this is N&W.)

Don
Thanks Don...

Nov 29, 2017 at 10:38 AM

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kwilliam8 wrote:
Fantastic set of images, Geoff! Thanks for sharing these. We have had some higher than predicted tides lately due to some very strong weather systems.
Keith W.
Thanks Keith
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psharvic wrote:
Fine work on these, Geoff. 6 is special.
Thanks
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Dave_E wrote:
Wow Geoff these are great really nice backgrounds.

Dave

Thanks Dave

Nov 30, 2017 at 11:32 AM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Bad day to be a vole...

Geoff, those are marvelous captures, just marvelous! The water splashes/drops in the first two images are icing on the cake.

Joshua

Nov 30, 2017 at 12:28 PM

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conebeam wrote:
These are beautiful.

~Mansur
Thanks Mansur
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svopen wrote:
Fantastic set Geoff. Bad day for the voles, good day for you.

Glenn
Thanks Glenn
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Greg Lavaty wrote:
What a great opportunity! Beautiful shots
Thanks Greg
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canon.eos30d wrote:
A thrill to see this and get great photos like this, Geoff. Beautiful

-Tam

Thanks Tam

Dec 01, 2017 at 11:17 AM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Bad day to be a vole...

Fine set of images, Geoff. Prey shots.

How long did you have to wait for the tide to go down? Did you get nervous?

Rex

Dec 01, 2017 at 11:37 AM

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