I'm Spooked

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I think this guy looks “Spooked.”

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Image Description

This was captured at a raptor workshop up in Semcoe On. Canada. I noticed over the course of the workshop that the presented owls seem to really stare at us photographers and I began to wonder who was studying whom. This Great Gray Owl did really seem to be spooked by it all.

Technical Details

Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM3. Lens: FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS @ 318.0 mm , f/8.0 for 1/400 sec. ISO 400. Edited in Photoshop .

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A great image!

Thank you, Charles.