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    Default ***A Ghost Apparition***

    Hi everyone!

    After a very busy fall, here I am back to bird photography with this Red Morph Eastern Screech Owl AND what seems to to be a Ghost Apparition of a Gray Morph Eastern Screech Owl behind the red one.

    Taken in Montreal on Monday afternoon. A friend of mine was videotaping this Owl when the Ghost appeared in the back of it. But my friend was not even aware of it and was unable to see it because of his angle of view. I was privileged to be able to take this shot since the «apparition» lasted only a few seconds.

    When I showed the pictures to my skeptical friend, he joked by asking me if I had Photoshop in my camera...

    But be reassured : this is NOT a PS shot!




    Canon EOS 7D Canon IS 600 mm 1:4.0 + TC 2X III - 1/60s f/8.0 iso800 Full Frame

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    Yves:

    An intriguing picture. The front birds head being tipped up and obscuring the eyes a bit is unfortunate, but the rear bird adds much to the story, and makes you wonder what is going on.

    The crop is quite tight, but works to play up the impact of the back bird.

    I might try a version with the exposure 1/4 stop greater.

    Cheers

    Randy

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    Terrific story Yves. This is a very captivating image. If only the front owl would have looked down a bit ....

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    A cool juxtaposition. With the relatively steep angle to the birds having them both looking up was most unfortunate..... The "red" phase bird does not look very red at all.
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