Great Horned Owl-Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus

© Reflective Images/GDT 2007

The great horned owl is probably best known for the large tufts of feathers on its head that look like horns. It has big cat-like eyes and brown white, gray, and black markings that look like the bark of a tree. These markings help camouflage it in the woods.
It has a wing span of over four feet and it is about two feet in height.

Equipment used to capture image:
Camera: Nikon D70
        Lens: Nikor 300mm F4 AF
Tripod: Gitzo 1228
  Arca Swiss B1 Head
           SanDisk: 512 and 1gig cards
   Aperture set at F4.

Camera was set up on tripod at about eye level.
The 300mm lens compresses and extracts from the scene.
The eyes of this Great Horned Owl are hypnotic
and are the main focal point in this photograph.