I found a second Great Horned Owl's nest on Long Island. I was there a week ago when mom was incubating the eggs and when I visited yesterday there were two owlets that were a few day old. The nest is very hard to get a clean shot of due to it's location in the forest with tree branches and red seed pods obstructing the view. I was shooting at 700mm (500mm x 1.4) on my Fuji X-H2s (APS-C) to remove as much of the distracting branches as possible and then cropped in a bit more in post and cleaned the images a bit. The photos include both owlets with one having lighter feathers than the other.
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
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X-H2SXF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x lens700mmf/8.01/900s800 ISO0.0 EV
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X-H2SXF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x lens700mmf/8.01/750s800 ISO+0.3 EV
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X-H2SXF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x lens700mmf/8.01/680s800 ISO+0.3 EV
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X-H2SXF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x lens700mmf/8.01/800s800 ISO+0.3 EV
These are really sweet Morris, you did a great job in a tight spot. That combo got you some nice sharp images. I love the GHO chicks, cute as a whistle. The nesting pair near here don’t have any little ones, may be am failed nest.
These must have snuck by me over the weekend Morris, what a nice find! You got some great looks of these little guys. I hope you get to follow their progress now that you have located them. YGMV
Eric
Dave_E wrote:
These are really sweet Morris, you did a great job in a tight spot. That combo got you some nice sharp images. I love the GHO chicks, cute as a whistle. The nesting pair near here don’t have any little ones, may be am failed nest.
Dave
Thank you Dave,
I'm aware of a number of GHO nests near me yet this one is attractive and easy to find.
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G.E. Smith wrote:
Great find Morris. Love that 1st image.
Greg
Thank you Greg
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maneyo wrote:
wow such an amazing set of owlets, great pictures Morris.
Thank you
Lalit
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NissanPatrol wrote:
Amazing shots
Thank you Philip
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AGeoJO wrote:
All are wonderful but the 3rd image takes the cake for me, Morris!
Joshua
Thank you Joshua,
It was the first for me when I posted yet the third grew on me over time
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bs kite wrote:
Excellent work Morris.
Thank you Robert
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juankgigo wrote:
Hey Morris! that 3rd. file is my pick! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Juan
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Karl Witt wrote:
Your combo worked out well for these images. Very cool to see these fuzzy little ones, great shots and fine presentation Morris
Karl
Thank you Karl,
The Fuji X-H2s + the Fuji 500mm is a wonderful combination with and without the 1.4x TC. It's even good with the 2X TC except very little light.
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Bobg657 wrote:
Nice Morris, love the first and third!
Bob
Thank you Bob,
Those are my favorites as well
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cs3is wrote:
Nice find. 1st for me.
Thank you Chris
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borno wrote:
#3 looks wise beyond his years.
Thank you Tom. Days :-}
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johnohio wrote:
Right up my alley Morris. Love these. Voted
John
Thank you John,
It would be great if others vote for this post
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Erictator wrote:
These must have snuck by me over the weekend Morris, what a nice find! You got some great looks of these little guys. I hope you get to follow their progress now that you have located them. YGMV
Eric
Thank you Eric,
Owls are well camouflaged, even on FM :-}
These are great, Morris! You did a wonderful job of capturing their little personalities. It would be hard to pick a favorite, probably #3, but #2 really shows the amazing size of their beak at such an early stage.
You also did a fine job of obscuring those branches.
Well done!
