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Keep a Sharp Eye

© Wayne Nolting

Keep a Sharp Eye

Uploaded: April 22, 2007

Description

This is a close up of the eye of a Great Horned Owl, another resident of "Wind Over Wings" in Clinton CT. The eyes do not have muscles to rotate them in their sockets but can locate an object up to 2 miles away. This bird stood at least 20 inches tall and had impressive talons. Notice my reflection on the left of the pupil.

Comments

Hayden Cannon April 22, 2007

Good to see it up again such a fantastic capture Wayne the eye's colors and his feathers are great also details and lighting are fantastic very nice! #642330

BILLY R. PARKER April 22, 2007

WAYNE, I SEE YOU WERE ABLE TO REPOST THIS IMAGE!! GREAT WORK! WE WILL BE SEEING THIS IMAGE AGAIN!! BILLY #4196659

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic April 22, 2007

Wonderful image with great detail and composition. #4196710

Brinn MacDougall April 22, 2007

Really great details on this beautiful bird, terrific, Wayne. #4196743

William Johnson April 22, 2007

Fantastic exposure, detail and composure,Wayne. Bill J. #4197193

Ellen L. Zaslaw July 21, 2007

Superb presentation ! Magnificent, up close and personal, capture of this delightful character ! One of the finest I've seen of the GHO ! #4537764

Wayne Nolting July 22, 2007

Wow, and sorry I missed all these responses. This bird is beautiful up close. The "stare" that they seem to have is because owls cannot move their eyes in their sockets like we do. This bird can see prey up to 2 miles away and his talons can crush a human wrist. #4539611

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic September 25, 2007

This is fantastic! I love the colors in the eyes!! Great capture!! #4845645

Wayne Nolting September 25, 2007

Thank you Shelly. #4845788

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