The bar is set too high

[ssim]

I've spent another weekend chasing the Great Gray Owls. Unfortuneately there is another member here that has set a standard that is going to be very hard, if not impossible to reach. I'm sharing anyway!!



http://www.pbase.com/ssim/image/39447156.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/ssim/image/39473579.jpg

No problems getting them in the trees (it almost seems to easy now) but these flight ones are tough. I was joined by another person yesterday and from what I saw initially, he is going to have some good ones.

[PacAce]

Very, very nice, Sheldon. I reallty like the monochromatic tone of the 1st shot. BTW, did you notice this guys probably is due for a couple of new tail feathers? :lol:

And the second one! :shock: Check out how sharp his eye is! I can almost see a reflection of you in it. :mrgreen:

[RJSorensen]

Sometimes it is enough to just be a part of the game . . . your work is excellent. I love the 'high bar' around here. Gets me out shooting. Can't take shots on the couch. There is always someone whom can get closer or such . . . unnerving at times.

[Scottes]

Nice shots Sheldon. Too bad you can zoom out with that 500mm. Yeah, I know, the zoom mechanisims on that lens are due for a replacment.

[PacAce]

Just to give people some idea of how large these great gray owls really are, here's a shot of Sheldon in action shooting his very cooperative "model". I think he was going for that 3/4 frontal shot of the face with the 500. :D

http://tanseikai.com/pacace/images/GGO-Shooter_1.jpg

And here's a closer view of him. Notice the perfect "neutral balance" stance so important for shake-free camera handling? :mrgreen: :lol:

http://tanseikai.com/pacace/images/GGO-Shooter_2.jpg

[IanD]

Sweet but #2 is really great. Too bad that while you and Leo were out playing
that I had to be cutting wood in order to heat the house next winter. The sacrifices one makes for long lenses.:)

[IanD]

And here's a closer view of him. Notice the perfect "neutral balance" stance so important for shake-free camera handling? :mrgreen: :lol:

http://tanseikai.com/pacace/images/GGO-Shooter_2.jpg


Neutral Balance? Looks like a wee bit of a Charlie Horse...:):):):):):):)

[scurvydog]

Wow Sheldon, I think your pictures are at the bar, at least.

[robertwgross]

Sheldon, you can lower the bar a bit. You just have to find the right brand of mechanical, wind-up mouse that can hop around over the snow. Then you'll have more owls that you'll know what to do with.

---Bob Gross---

[Belmondo]

I have to know....

What's a gas lens?

I first heard the term when IandD told me Sheldon has a big gas lens.

Just wondering.

[PacAce]

I have to know....

What's a gas lens?

I first heard the term when IandD told me Sheldon has a big gas lens.

Just wondering.

Ha-ha-ha :lol: Now I get it. :lol:

[Belmondo]

Ha-ha-ha :lol: Now I get it. :lol:

Well that's a relief. ;)

[LazyPhotographer]

I think they're awesome shots ... but seriously, these Owls look like they're made of the same stuff as Sock Monkeys!

[HJMinard]

Wonderful shots, Sheldon. Beautiful and awesome creature, too.

[jmjmotorsport]

nice shots.. and that's quite a piece of glass you've got there. I guess handheld insn't an option.:)

[dewmuw]

I think you cleared the bar and are on your way down to the soft mat!

What's a Sock Monkey? Have you got any photos? :)

[marie]

beautiful

it's like a one eyed cuddley toy
( I mean the owl picture)
:lol:

[tommykjensen]

Fantastic photos.

I wish I could find some owls in the wild here in Denmark but there are not many and they are in the opposite end of the country - not that Denmark is that big :lol:

[IanD]

beautiful

it's like a one eyed cuddley toy
( I mean the owl picture)
:lol:
No one, to the best of my knowledge, has ever call Sheldon a "One Eyed Cuddley Toy".................................................. .yet :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[Fer]

I like them, specially the second one.

[LazyPhotographer]

http://www.kitestailstoys.com/sock-monkeys/index.html ;-)

[CyberDyneSystems]

Wow,. those are amazing :shock:

[ssim]

http://www.kitestailstoys.com/sock-monkeys/index.html ;-)

Well I'm certainly glad you cleared that up. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: