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I did see, I went back and corrected my post once I saw the others.
Nature photography seems to present a lot of challenges as you pointed out earlier. You only can carry so much equipment and you have a subject with no interest in cooperating that can move at any moment. It makes it all the more impressive, even to get less than ideal shots.
It only put up one with a pair of butterflies. I like it though. All the appendages stand out nicely and you see some details of the eyes. The one flying is also nice and clear looking.
I live near some water, and it would be cool to catch some of the dragonflies like this to get a nice look at them.
Edit: Now I see you broke them out. And you even had a dragonfly! I like that and that fuzzy little bee face too. I’ve been trying to post better attention to all the unique bee types we have as well.
You seem to know what you want and you enjoy doing it, so I’d call that successful.
Do you share any of your pics online?
All my photography friends feel the same way about weddings. I imagine after a few people blaming you for ruining their special day for whatever crazy reason is going to kill your passion for something.
I really should look into some of the regulars I share to see if they have public gigs. There’s been a few photos I wouldn’t mind getting prints of, and I’d gladly share a link for them if it gets them some funding. If they do sell the photos I’d also be curious as to where since they’d probably have good articles to share as well.
That last paragraph is probably the most impressive part of all to me! 😁
Even though I know some of the principles behind how they do it, I’m still always amazed at how they can capture this stuff so clearly that it looks frozen in time. It still feels like magic.
Lol this sounds spot on!
I also like Beatrice as an owl name.
I’m happy everyone liked this little one today!
It’s some amazing gazing.
Check out 4:30 in this video and see if that looks like what you have. Seems DLR is a self contained assembly that is replaced as a whole unit.
I want to see it in a shot glass!
There seem to be known spots since owls are territorial. So you can either follow the sounds or just hang out and try to see it fly in. Those are what I typically see in the comments.
It’s like when you find a kid in hide and seek.
The disdain for us lower forms of life starts early! 😅
I always give the photos a critical look since most owls have one eye color, but the Long Ear can have eyes from very yellow to very orange. It always has me looking to see how much manipulation has been done to the image.
Long Eared Owls to me are very striking in navy regards, but to a tasteful, restrained amount. The eyes, facial disc, plumicorns, and overall coloration. They’re bold, but not over the top.
It’s one of my top owls, but it’s usually not so popular here, and maybe that is why - they don’t have that one thing to capture attention.