Barn Owl & Barking Owl

The first four are a barn owl and the last three are a barking owl. From today's POTN visit to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. So great to get this close to them. In the eye in shot 4 you can see the sky and a shadowed area - probably a fellow POTN member.

All shot with the 70-200 IS.

No.1

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Awesome pictures - very clear and detailed. Well done.

Excellent, Greg!
The eyes of that barking owl are almost hypnotic.

Very nice..wonderful detail in these great looking owls. You are fortunate to have a sanctuary where you can visit, get close and photograph these awesome owls.

greg, what awesome shots!! stunning!! You have just mine look a little sad!

No. 4 has some wicked detail. what lens were you using again?

What a great eyes.

kiwibloke wrote in post #2148833
Awesome pictures - very clear and detailed. Well done.

Thanks

Nick C. wrote in post #2151576
Excellent, Greg!
The eyes of that barking owl are almost hypnotic.

Thanks Nick

Gary Fairhead wrote in post #2151594
Very nice..wonderful detail in these great looking owls. You are fortunate to have a sanctuary where you can visit, get close and photograph these awesome owls.

I'm only starting to realise this myself just now. The place we went too is somewhere I haven't been to in 30 or so years. Will certainly be back again soon now though.

catsith wrote in post #2151818
greg, what awesome shots!! stunning!! You have just mine look a little sad!

Thanks Tina. Ohh come on lets see some more.

shayb wrote in post #2152060
No. 4 has some wicked detail. what lens were you using again?

Hi Shay it was with the 70-200 IS. I started the day with the 24-105 but quickly realised that I was always shooting at 105 so I swapped.

samsen wrote in post #2152085
What a great eyes.

Great aren't they. Thanks for looking.

Love #1 and #7, nice work

Excellent captures Greg.

calicokat wrote in post #2152720
Love #1 and #7, nice work

thanks calicokat

Reyno wrote in post #2153079
Excellent captures Greg.

thanks Reyno

Wonderful shots. Priceless. How far is that place from southwest Wiscosnin? Gotta get there!

I like no. 4 the most in the Barn Owl series. We have some captive Barn Owls up here but no Barking Owls. I can imagine how it got its name.

nitefrogger wrote in post #2154389
Wonderful shots. Priceless. How far is that place from southwest Wiscosnin? Gotta get there!

Thanks nitefrogger, mmm located on the other side of the world to you I think. But you are more than welcome to visit. We have a group of POTNer's here in Brissie that meet about once a month - at least so far. Here's a Google Earth Placemark of Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, it should open up in Google Earth and zoom in to the area, though there is not much to see it will give you a idea where we are. I live about 1/2 hr drive from Lone Pine (traffic being nice to me that is).

canondslruser wrote in post #2154423
I like no. 4 the most in the Barn Owl series. We have some captive Barn Owls up here but no Barking Owls. I can imagine how it got its name.

Thanks. I haven't heard the Barking Owl call but it supposedly resembles the bark of a small dog. They also have another call which is more like a woman screaming. Very frightening from what I've heard, but its very uncommon for people to hear this call.

wow i love the fourth shot and the last shot is a classic 'eye poping' shot! a classic shot of a barking owl! lol it is so good!