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Takeoff Aborted-

            Great Horned Owls usually give a clear indication of their impending takeoff.  Much less subtle than other birds, they usually bunch up and get ready to spring into the air.  This pretty lady was surveying the landscape from atop a tree and made ready to takeoff.    We were holding our score cards, prepared to give her a 10 for her normally graceful transition into the air.  However, as she took off, her talon caught, and the branch pulled her back like a spring.  This is her sly attempt at making it look like this was her intent all along.   I do have to give her credit; those wings are the most beautiful I’ve ever seen them so I’m still going to give her a 10 and humor her into thinking I knew it was on purpose.    (Bubo virginianus)  (Sony a1, 200-600 lens @ 485mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 second, ISO 2000)
   

Taken on: February 19, 2024

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Bubo virginianus

Green Cay

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Groups appears in: • NATURE'S SPIRIT (by invitation) (post 1/award 1)

Camera: Sony ILCE-1, f/6.3, 1/2000 sec, 485mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-1
Lens:	FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Focal Length:	485mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.1 (Windows)
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