Fowl Play ? ?

[MDoc]

I don't usually post this many photos at one time so I hope you will excuse me this one time. I viewed an extrordinary event today on Honeymoon Island. What I believe to be the mateing of a pair of Great Horned Owls. Truely amazing, especially in the wild. I hope you enjoy this series.
By the way if you all think it is in bad taste I will take it down.

1. She called
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/mdoc9523/Owls/NZ0W8142.jpg
2. He answered
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/mdoc9523/Owls/NZ0W8145.jpg
3. well you know the rest
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/mdoc9523/Owls/NZ0W8148.jpg
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http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/mdoc9523/Owls/NZ0W8152.jpg
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http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/mdoc9523/Owls/NZ0W8155.jpg
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http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/mdoc9523/Owls/NZ0W8160.jpg
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http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/mdoc9523/Owls/NZ0W8163.jpg
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http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/mdoc9523/Owls/NZ0W8164.jpg

[Najo]

Great series, hey we are bird people, we know what birds and bees do! I like the two last frames as they both take a turn winking at you ;)

[canonloader]

Very nice series, but, #1 just gets my vote. A very cool pose. :)

[MDoc]

Great series, hey we are bird people, we know what birds and bees do! I like the two last frames as they both take a turn winking at you ;)

Thank you Najo. The last two were consecutive photos too lol :)

[MDoc]

Very nice series, but, #1 just gets my vote. A very cool pose. :)

Thank you Mitch. I heard the male answering the female and luckily he was behind me. So when I turned around he was ready to take off.

[ajosteve]

These are great, and I love the winks at the end....perfect...steve

[MDoc]

Thank you Steve. I was thrilled to capture this series even if they were so backlit.

[FlyingPhotog]

IMO, could use some selective PP to bring out the owls just a little more and maybe a little more saturation (which #1 looks like it already has...)but, as for the subject and the quality (focus and framing) of the shots...WOW!!!

"Owl be seeing you...in all the old familiar places..." :)

[jforj143]

Nothing like a bit of WOO HOO..
great series ...
thanks for posting them
cheers

[MDoc]

IMO, could use some selective PP to bring out the owls just a little more and maybe a little more saturation (which #1 looks like it already has...)but, as for the subject and the quality (focus and framing) of the shots...WOW!!!

"Owl be seeing you...in all the old familiar places..." :)
Thank you FlyingPhotog. The first photo the owl was flying toward the sunset so I had much better light. In the remainng photos the owls had the sunset behind them. I wish I was better at pp and I always have such trouble with backlighting. It was exciting to capture this and thanks for the encouragment.

[MDoc]

Nothing like a bit of WOO HOO..
great series ...
thanks for posting them
cheers

Thank you John and Julie

[Stephen Stephen]

Wonderful series MDoc. I've been fortunate to photograph a pair raising their young but I've never seen them mating. Congratulations.

[Kevin]

Great series MDoc, being at the right place at the right time provided you with a rare opportunity. My favorite would be the last, look like he's giving you a wink.

[MDoc]

Thank you Stephen and kevin. I know I was really lucky to be there at just the right time. I found the female right off but I could not get a good shot. After i came back about 5pm she was still there but no sign of him. Then she started calling out, he answered I turned around and there he was hidden in a pine back behind me. I turn and snapped a few shots and he took off flying toward her. Lucky,yep, I'm alot more lucky than good :)

[winkie]

is that a wink, or is he already falling asleep ???

lovely series! excellent bif

[Gary Fairhead]

Terrific first image....wish it was mine and nice behaviour series. Very cool to get one winking in the second last image and then the other in the last:cool:;)

[IraRunyan]

Man, I don't know how I missed these extrordinary shots. Great job, and thanks for posting.....

[Sindri Skulason]

Excellent behavior series. Well done. :-)

[MDoc]

is that a wink, or is he already falling asleep ???

lovely series! excellent bif
Thanks Winkie. that really cracked me up :lol:

[MDoc]

Thank you Gary Ira and Sindri. I appreciate the wonderful comments.