Great Horned Owl Head On Flight Up Close

[Jim Neiger]

Osceola County, FL - 1D2N, 500mm+1.4xTC, hand held, 1/800, F5.6, ISO 800, manual exposure

A 36x24 version of this image is currently on display at the American Museum of Natural History in Central Park, NYC. It is part of an exhibit containing BIF images from 4 photographers including myself. The exhibit will run thru 5/25/2009. More infor may be found here: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/photo/feathered/

The exhibit is a subset of the images in the book "On Feathered Wings" which features the work of seven photographers from various locations around the world. The 175 images in the book are all BIF images, including this image and 23 other images of mine. See the book in stores or online here: http://www.hnabooks.com/product/show/31039

Thanks for looking.

[Doug Brown]

Awesome Jim! And congrats on your publication and exhibition!

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent image and capture Jim,
This is a very powerfull composition. I like that dead, cold, caculating look. Detail is razor sharp and the colors are rich and vibrant...congratulation with your exibit in The Big Apple...:D:cool:

[Stephen Stephen]

Jim I love this image. Was there any particular reason that the bird was flying straight towards you? It must have been an impressive sight in real life.

[Jim Neiger]

Jim I love this image. Was there any particular reason that the bird was flying straight towards you? It must have been an impressive sight in real life.

Yes - he was actualy flying towards a fence post perch in response to a recording of a GHO call. The post was between me and him. I got this shortly before he landed on the post.

[Cheryl Ertelt]

Great intensity in this shot. Congrats on the exhibit and publication.

[Markus Jais]

absolutely fantastic shot. I like the fact that the head is a little to the right.

is the GHO active during the day a lot in Florida?

Makrus

[david cramer]

Beautiful image all the way around. Last thing the mouse sees.

[Sivaprasad]

A killer shot with an excellent background.. stunning in all respects. Congratulations on the exhibit and publication.