Nikon D200 Soup | Great Horned Owl Great Horned Owls are large owls with two distinctive feathered tufts, not horns, on their head. They are nocturnal, but occasionally you may see them during the daytime. They seldom build their own nests. Instead, they take over nests built by other large birds like hawks.
The Back Story This owl sat on that branch for something like 40 minutes while cars stopped along the roadside in Yellowstone to take a look and capture a few images. The road followed the river far below along a ridge line in the mountains. Although the owl and I were about level height, I was standing by the road using a stone fence as a tripod and the owl was high in the tree about 50 yards away next to the river. Note: I post an image everyday at hankconrad.com.
Details…
| Event | Day in Yellowstone |
| Location | Yellowstone NP |
| Date/Time | 9/24/2008 12:51pm Local Time |
| Weather | Fair Skies | 61°F | Light Winds |
| Method | Used stone fence as a tripod in a not so simple click. |
| Gear | Nikon D200 with an AF 80-400mm f4.5-5.6D ED VR lens |
| Exposure | 400mm (600mm) f/8 1/40s 1ev 100iso |
| Post | Sharpened eye. |
