And it was back to Fontainebleu today! I really just can’t help it, since I know the owls are up there growing and doing owl-ish things, LOL; go ahead and call me silly (Ranger Steve knows me by now and probably thinks that in his head, but is too polite to say so!). As was suggested to me on NatureScapes (a nature photography forum), I shot without the teleconverter. The photos are a little better I think, but I still can’t figure out the noise. I also did a run of photos at each of the marked zooms on the barrel – I’ll post that another day when I get a chance to compare the shots. In the meantime, a few cute owl chicks:
Great Horned Owl chick preening, possibly to help remove some of its baby bird fluff (you can see its sibling at the right), Fontainebleu State Park, Mandeville, LA, 2009-Feb-23
Great Horned Owl chick, stretching its wing (and probably poking the other chick!), Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville, LA, 2009-Feb-23
Great Horned Owl chicks, Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville, LA, 2009-Feb-23
All photos © Amy Friends Stone and all rights reserved.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Very cool pics!!
Turning into a bird-watcher, huh?
February 24th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
I’ve always liked birds, and animals too. Birds are a little more accessible in the wild for now! Someday I’d love to take a photo safari in Africa or somewhere else exotic. But photography is nothing if not practice-practice-practice…
Speaking of practice – I got some decent egret photos today as well. I’ll post up probably tomorrow or Thursday (I also have Mardi Gras photos so they may come first).