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Koteiba Fayyad
{K:3539} 4/7/2007
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my god .. how beautiful !!! right on time dave :)
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Pierre Martin
{K:3355} 3/7/2006
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A real beauty! Good in-flight shot, Dave! A difficult feat!
- Pierre
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Maurizio Massetti
{K:30463} 3/3/2006
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Excellent shot!
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Patrick Cowley
{K:2095} 3/1/2006
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I am partial to this picture and no just because I love Owls, great job, I like how you have the branch on the right side of the frame so it makes the sky seem bigger and the flight of the female owl much higher than if the branch was on the left side.
All the best,
Patrick
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Lyle
{K:594} 3/1/2006
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Great capture Dave. Owls are cool birds that we don't see much of here in California. Thanks for the comments on the sea gull
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John Nobody
{K:4914} 3/1/2006
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Nice moment, this is a very beautiful animal. My best wishes.
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Kelly Duntley
{K:13889} 2/28/2006
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Beautiful in flight. These must be glorious to see in person. Nice capture. What a sight to behold.
Kelly
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Alyssa Ciavarra
{K:227} 2/28/2006
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It's a little bit blurry, but when I resized it to a medium image size, it looked better. (It fit better on my screen also). The owl looks cool with its wings spread open with the blue sky behind.
Alyssa! :)
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Larry Quigley
{K:12887} 2/27/2006
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This is an outstanding capture of the Snow Owl, Dave. Perfect exposure of a difficult subject. Well Done! Larry
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Meldijana Omerbegovic
{K:4079} 2/27/2006
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Very interesting photo with so bright blue and inside white of the owl's wing.Even being not perfectly sharp,very good photo.
Meldijana
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Czeslav Gavinkovski
{K:6800} 2/27/2006
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Beautiful change in your portfolio.Great capture,Dave!
Czeslaw.
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What did you think about?Sorry for manipulation. |
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Shane Finnigan
{K:1990} 2/27/2006
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Beautiful capture Dave! These owls are VERY difficult to capture in any form let alone getting such a great capture. Well done.
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Steve Aronoff
{K:18393} 2/27/2006
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Great capture, Dave! What beautiful lines! Lucky you. We don't get too many snowy's down here.
best,
Steve
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Ace Star
{K:21040} 2/27/2006
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perfect capture Dave! White Owl and background blue sky a good color combination ... very clear cut image :)
excellent work Dave
wish you all the best
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Bill Ciavarra
{K:10216} 2/26/2006
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Maybe not the best quality shot, but a rare sight for sure. Thanks for sharing it!
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Bob Aldridge
{K:14758} 2/26/2006
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Dave this is awonderfull action shot of the Owl,
in flight,but it could have ben better in the way of the out line around the wings.Maybe the the smaller file siz had some thing to do with it as
happens to me some times Dave,it is the capture that counts Dave cheers....Bob.
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stingRay pt.4 .
{K:250401} 2/26/2006
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Great daytime capture Dave and I am sure this has to be a most difficult subject to take. Great details, love the tree poking out of the corner and what a superb rich blue sky. Well done to you my friend, all the best....Ray
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Mary Slade
{K:40338} 2/26/2006
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Brilliant to have captured this flight. Good to see just a blue sky and branch.
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Fred Lord
{K:4844} 2/26/2006
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Ah Dave: I want one of these in my camera viewfinder! Lucky you. Nice capture and a beautiful bird.
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Robert Chin
{K:22282} 2/26/2006
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Beautiful image,nice composition.
Thanks for the comments on my images.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/26/2006
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Great capture, Dave! You managed to get the owl in flight, amazing contrast with the blue sky! I am yet to do an owl shot, never been so lucky to see one yet. They used to come to a place near Kingston last year, but I didn't go, apparently there were dozens of owls in full daylight - and just as many photographers, but the owls didn't seem scared as long as you didn't get too close.
Amazing creature and wonderful shot! Best regards, Ina
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Alison DuFlon
{K:36566} 2/26/2006
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Great capture, what a beautiful bird. Alison
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Darlene Boucher
{K:15739} 2/26/2006
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Oh my goodness Dave, this is incredible! Beautiful colors and what an expression on him! He looks like she's smiling at you! Gorgeous detail, I wish you'd send her my way! The geese pic of mine is from Bosque 2004. My hubby had back surgery so I'm revisiting some of my old images and having a good time doing it! The grandkids are doing great, they just grow too fast! Krystal is doing great! Hope all is well there with you and yours my friend! And don't forget to send this beauty to Louisiana! Darlene
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m ,
{K:15872} 2/25/2006
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An incredible captured! A marvellous illustration! Well done!
Best wishes: Maxime
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Pat Snelling Weiner
{K:1920} 2/25/2006
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Great capture! Birds are so hard to get in focus and they are gone so quickly! Even though it is a bit fuzzy I still like it! Pat
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jacques brisebois
{K:73883} 2/25/2006
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nice capture Dave, don't easy to catch them in flight.
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Quix Photography
{K:20204} 2/25/2006
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Oh Bless... I do love owls & this snowy owl is beautiful.
A shame it is not as clear & sharp as one would like, however points go on catching it mid flight (& in daylight) (I tend to miss the bird and get a nice capture of blue sky or some clouds... lol)
It is hard to focus when your trying quickly to capture the shot. Well done. Sue xx
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 2/25/2006
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Keeping away the quality of the image, certainly taking a crop from a larger image will effect on the final result, this crop request minimum of 8-12 m pixel to be in good condition, though it is very interesting in the finding of such a rare capture.
Fabulous work.
Saeed
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Markus Scholz
{K:23722} 2/25/2006
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A great capture of what seems to be not an easy task, Dave. The pose of this beautiful bird shows something of the scare it distributes under the mice and rabbits. The tree gives a hint of the scale. Congratulations!
Markus
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John Loreaux
{K:86210} 2/25/2006
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You were good to get this shot Dave! What a great looking Owl!!
Have never seen one of these in person!!!
Good capture Dave! My best................John
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Gregory McLemore
{K:35129} 2/25/2006
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A snowy owl, wonderful capture, not often seen in my state.
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Guido Tweepenninckx
{K:20076} 2/25/2006
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oh,flying too ,ha
nice snow owl,the branch at bottom right is nice in the composition.
Great shot.
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 2/25/2006
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Hi Dave,
I thought that's what might have been the case. (small section of the image blown up)
Marcus Armani gave me a few invaluable tips for shooting birds in action. It always sounds easy in theory :)
When you see a bird at a distance, perched, set up the camera well in advance. Multiple frames, and telephoto on.
Focus on the bird and start advancing slowly towards the bird with your finger on the shutter. Get as close as you can and when the bird starts to get fidgity, start shooting and pan when it takes off. I think Marcus has it down to a fine art.
Andre
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 2/25/2006
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Hi Andre, thanks for your comment, as well! Yes, it is a crop from a larger shot, and that definitely affected the quality. The camera was on the 6mp setting, which I've found gives a little better quality than the 3mp, and it was still in the optical zoom range. In fact I wasn't zoomed as much as usual, anticipating the bird taking off, and I wanted to be sure to catch it. In the past with the full optical zoom I've missed action shots like this because of having too tight a crop.
Dave.
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Del Metheny
{K:25617} 2/25/2006
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Great action shot. You caught the wings just right. What a beautiful bird. It is not easy to capture a bird in flight with such clarity. Del.
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 2/25/2006
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Hi Dave, The quality is off a little on this one as Riny says, but still worth a post if only for the pose you caught it in.
The little Fuji is an okay camera, but it definitely leaves something to be desired when it comes to being compared to some of the shot in here taken with 600mm telephotos on Nikon and Canon DSLRs.
I always try to stay away from the digital area of the zoom lens and stick to the optical area. I usually keep mine set at 3mp as well.
Was this one blown up afterwards? That could account for some of the quality loss. It almost looks like a small area of the image blown up.
Andre
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 2/25/2006
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You are certainly fortunate to get this shot, Dave. I'm similarily frustrated when there is never enough telephoto.
Eb
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Hanggan Situmorang
{K:37833} 2/25/2006
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Great moment captured, Dave. Very nicely composed, as well. Good work, my friend!
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 2/24/2006
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Hi Vandy, thanks for the comment! The snowy owl's wingspan varies from about 1.4-1.7 metres, with the females being larger. As Todd pointed out, this may be an immature bird of either sex, but it was definitely on the larger size.
Dave.
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Roberto Okamura
{K:22851} 2/24/2006
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Beautiful owl in action Dave!
Little noised, but great momment!
Best regards!
Roberto.
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Todd Weeks
{K:7636} 2/24/2006
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Hi Dave,
I like your composition! These guys are tough to capture in flight. I have a few good pictures of Snowies, but none in flight. :^(
You may be right about it being female, but the heavy barring gives me the impression this is a very young owl. Both males and females are heavily barred when young.
Congratulations!
Todd
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Don Loseke
{K:32503} 2/24/2006
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Isn't this a beauty.. What a great capture during the daylight.. Just beautiful against that great sky. Don.
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Ron Wilson
{K:18362} 2/24/2006
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What an unusual sight, the owl in broad daylight. Lucky for you. Well done.
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 2/24/2006
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A great capture and colour .best wishes nessa
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Elena Tunik
{K:552} 2/24/2006
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very good capture and colours
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Vandy Neculae
{K:7990} 2/24/2006
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Good picture, Dave.
Splendid animal (I like owls very much)
How big she is?
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NN
{K:26787} 2/24/2006
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A beautiful and rare capture, Dave! Great against that blue sky ...
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:163889} 2/24/2006
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ver ygreat timing and a wonderful moment here , great details and beautiful colors , all of the best my friend .
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Khaled Mursi Hammoud
{K:54005} 2/24/2006
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Good catch of this white Owl Dave, contrasts wonderfully with the blue sky.
My regards,
Khaled.
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Partha Pal
{K:11619} 2/24/2006
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Very nice capture, tough enough to capture. I like to view it more sharper.
Well done.
partha
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 2/24/2006
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I know from experience how difficult this subject is to photograph Dave.. Thankx for your respons.
Best wishes,
Riny
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 2/24/2006
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Hi Riny, thanks for the comment! You're right that it could be sharper. It is one of the few inflight shots I've been able to get of these owls.
Dave.
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 2/24/2006
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Hi Dave, The composition looks good, I think the quality is not that good,and it is doing no good to the photo! What do you think about it Dave..?
Best wishes,
Riny
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Laura Spell
{K:24080} 2/24/2006
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That is a lovely sight. The owl is out in the daylight! Not a common occurrence IMO. Good shot Dave!
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