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I wasn't sure if this owl would come out before it either got too dark or I froze to death - but happily she gave me the opportunity!
I would welcome CC especially for the post processing - it was cloudy and close to sunset, flat light. I may have sacrificed some contrast for detail. Any tips are welcome.

Leucistic Great Horned Owl Female-3019 by Tracy Mathesius, on Flickr

Leucistic Great Horned Owl Female-3027 by Tracy Mathesius, on Flickr

Leucistic Great Horned Owl Female-3031 by Tracy Mathesius, on Flickr

Leucistic Great Horned Owl Female-3035 by Tracy Mathesius, on Flickr

Leucistic Great Horned Owl Female-3039-2 by Tracy Mathesius, on Flickr

Leucistic Great Horned Owl Female-3043 by Tracy Mathesius, on Flickr

Leucistic Great Horned Owl Female-3049 by Tracy Mathesius, on Flickr

Leucistic Great Horned Owl Female-3074 by Tracy Mathesius, on Flickr

All by myself...

Apr 27, 2020 at 07:41 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Leucistic Great Horned Owl - Heading Out

Fantastic set, Tracy. A beauty of a bird.

Apr 27, 2020 at 12:03 PM

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Lucky Lady

Enjoy

Edited on Apr 27, 2020 at 01:30 PM · View previous versions

Apr 27, 2020 at 12:11 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Leucistic Great Horned Owl - Heading Out

The owl is posing nicely for you. Excellent shots.

Dave

Apr 27, 2020 at 01:05 PM

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dclark wrote:
The owl is posing nicely for you. Excellent shots.

Dave

Thank you. She came out pretty quick - I asked her to stand on the edge and look around a while and preen or something, but she declined.

Apr 27, 2020 at 01:20 PM

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Dragonfire wrote:
Lucky Lady

Enjoy

I lowered the Highlights and the White, raised the Shadows and just a touch of sharpening in Lightroom.

Thanks. I wonder perhaps about somewhere between the two. I think your edit, is darker than she looks in real life. She's pretty white. But I might get a bit more detail out of it.

I had chosen to not really raise shadows, because they seemed to give more detail in her feathers. But I will play with it again. The cavity looked practically black at that time of day, so I didn't worry about that.

I have a tendency to edit too dark, so try to make myself aware of it and try to make sure things are bright enough. But I think I went too far this time - I will revisit it.

Thank you.

Apr 27, 2020 at 01:31 PM

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Nicely done Tracy !

Birdie

Apr 27, 2020 at 01:43 PM

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another nice set of owls Tracy

Apr 27, 2020 at 07:09 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Leucistic Great Horned Owl - Heading Out

Great work Tracy. I wonder how the rock wound up on the branch in the last shot ~ Ron

Apr 27, 2020 at 07:56 PM

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Lovely set!

Amit

Apr 28, 2020 at 07:38 AM

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surfnron wrote:
Great work Tracy. I wonder how the rock wound up on the branch in the last shot ~ Ron

Thank you.

I had wondered about that rock too. It has been there a long time - I checked back to my photos over 1 1/2 months ago, and it was there back then. I don't know before that.

I have heard rumors of people harassing that owl, as unfortunately the nest site gets discovered by more people. Could someone have thrown it up there trying to get the owl to be active?

Or, maybe more benignly, kids do go past that area, maybe they just threw rocks at a hole without the owl being there. I hope something more like this is the case.

Apr 28, 2020 at 08:33 AM

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TAM63 wrote:
Thank you.

I had wondered about that rock too.

From experience I can tell you, people throw rocks so they can make the owls move.

Sad but true.

Apr 28, 2020 at 09:31 AM

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I love the images - what a great set, Tracy! I have not seen any leucistic owl, let alone photographed it. The expression of the chick in the last image without mom is priceless.

Joshua

Apr 28, 2020 at 09:48 AM

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Dragonfire wrote:
From experience I can tell you, people throw rocks so they can make the owls move.

Sad but true.

Sadly, I guess that is most likely.

Apr 28, 2020 at 10:40 AM

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AGeoJO wrote:
I love the images - what a great set, Tracy! I have not seen any leucistic owl, let alone photographed it. The expression of the chick in the last image without mom is priceless.

Joshua

She is the only one I have ever seen - thank you.

The little baby did make me laugh. Poor little lonely guy.

Apr 28, 2020 at 10:41 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Leucistic Great Horned Owl - Heading Out

I agree with all the previous comments but what made the shot for me was the Sycamore bark blending with the owl.

Apr 28, 2020 at 11:16 AM

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mogul wrote:
I agree with all the previous comments but what made the shot for me was the Sycamore bark blending with the owl.

It is a beautiful tree. I think often the background really makes or breaks a photo. I was very lucky in this case.

Apr 28, 2020 at 02:39 PM


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