From Melvin Legge
The vole didn’t stand a chance.
Great Gray Owl
Ottawa
Jan 2025
Not baited and shot at a respectful distance with a 600mm lens.
What an amazing shot! Love how the branches echo and frame the owl
It’s such a great detail. I love the washed out background as well. I think it helps give a sense of speed.
It’s a really great photo, and if that can’t get people to appreciate the Grey Owl, I don’t know what would!
This really is an amazing shot.
Yet my brain is compelling me to reply…
It’s the look in their eyes and the beard that really set the pose off I think. …I meant on the Owl!
Who wants to live forever?! 😆
Man, raptors are so fucking cool. Maybe I should just move out to the sticks with all my photography crap and my skis and just do that for the rest of my life.
Seriously though, absolutely incredible shot.
We’ve had some really cool people drop by this group! There was a guy that quit his 9-5 in Europe to move to Madagascar for a few years to study wildlife there, and another that lives in South Africa and all these beautiful animals just hang out on his porch. They don’t seem to regret a moment of it.
I hear spitfire sounds as I look at this :D
Excellent shot
Or that Stuka siren sound!
No way!
