Avian IOTW 3/13/2009 Graham Smith

[Alfred Forns]

Congratulations Graham Smith
Great Grey-Success

This was such an awesome moment! He caught this vole after hearing it underneath a foot of snow, from his perch more than 50 feet away!. That is some incredible hearing!

Shot with Nikon D90, AF-S 300mm + 1.4TC, f/5.6, 1/2000. I removed some small twigs that were extending from behind the bird.
The lighting was very poor, so I had to shoot at iso 800.

Thanks for looking!

[denise ippolito]

Graham, Great image! Big Congratulations!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Graham! Well deserved.

[Gus Cobos]

Congratulations Graham...:cool:

[Fabs Forns]

Congratulations, Graham, well done!

[Gail Cordes]

Congratulations on a great image! I would love to see an owl in the wild.

Gail Cordes

[Phil Ertel]

Congratulations, a winner indeed.

[Lance Peters]

Congrats Graham - good job :)

[Graham Smith.]

Thanks so much everyone!!! This image was a little dark as posted, but thanks to some very good suggestions from BPM it has been improved a lot! Thanks for the help, and thanks for choosing my photo! :D

[Mark Fuge]

Great shot. Except for that "White Stuff". That's why I moved for Florida! ; > )