Grey Owl photos that I wish I could take.

[Steven R]

For all of the folks here on the forum who enjoy bird photography, I wanted to share some photos of Grey Owls that was taken by another photographer using an Olympus E-5.

Photographer Bruce Hamm has posted 14 recent shots of Grey Owls that are all impressive. What makes them even more impressive is that all are hand-held, and taken in overcast, snowy conditions.

Here is the link to view the photos. I think that everyone will enjoy seeing these fine owl shots, and seeing how well the E-5 performs in less than ideal conditions.
http://forum.fourthirdsphoto.com/f37...wls-74209.html

[boBBrennan]

Thanks Steven, fantastic images.....

[James Emory]

Beautiful pics.

[Scouse]

Excellent collection of shots, I'd love to be able to see them here. As for hand held though, that shouldn't be a problem with the shutter speeds he's getting (1/500 -1/3200) along with the stabilization in the camera.

My Snowy owl pics were at about 1/200 with the 70-300 at 300, pretty much maxed out with the old 500. His are a lot cleaner looking.

[HarjTT]

I'm just thinking of the weight of the 300 and having the patience to snap those shots. All superbly taken .. and makes you wonder how much better a newer SLR could be

[tkurkowski]

Those really are stunning - thanks for the link. And they're a reminder that I need to look at the Photos thread there more often - I usually just look at the discussions.

PS: I wish you could take photos like that too.

Just kidding

[Steven R]

Originally Posted by tkurkowski

Those really are stunning - thanks for the link. And they're a reminder that I need to look at the Photos thread there more often - I usually just look at the discussions.

PS: I wish you could take photos like that too.

Just kidding

Same here, I don't look at the photos over on that site very often, because of their little thumbnails, etc. Their photos sections are not nearly as viewable as here at Steve's. But I do skim thru them about once a week and this series definitely was worth the view.

[eharrim]

Those are incredible shots. Steven, I can take shots just like that with my old E510 but to prove it you will need to loan me the 300 F2.8 for say around a year or so until I find the owls
Eric

[tkurkowski]

Originally Posted by eharrim

Those are incredible shots. Steven, I can take shots just like that with my old E510 but to prove it you will need to loan me the 300 F2.8 for say around a year or so until I find the owls
Eric

Eric, I think you should ask Steven for the 90-250 also. It would add some flexibility.

Ted

[WCKSer]

Steven,

Thanks for sharing the link to such a fantastic series of grey owl pictures. Great pictures and details!