Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Paw Paw at dawn 9.30.2013

Another cell phone shot but at least this one came out a lot better than the barred owl shot. This was leaving early to head back to Louisville en route from the Ridge to Paw Paw and an on the road back home. As always you can click on photos to enlarge them.

The "Natural History" Shot

Actual untouched photo-Can you see a barred owl on the branch???

Cropped photo that is lousy but shows the owl!
When I went with a pro photographer in a workshop in Yellowstone he said there are great shots and your natural history shots. There I took my first photo of a grizzly and it's a brown blur that is nearly unidentifiable but still important because it was my first shot of a grizzly bear. Today I got my first shot of a barred owl after hearing their calls over the years I had not ever seen one in the wild or taken a photo of one (or any owl). I only had my cell phone and it was dark under the tree canopy but it's my first barred owl successful shot!
Here is the original. See if you can find him. Unfortunately the cell phone camera does no justice as he was really only about 20 yards from me but looks like he is on another continent in the photo.