Is that all you see, like Alexander G. Bell made a phone call. I guess not everyone would be interested, which is fine. Hopefully someone else will recognize the beauty.

If not, excuse the post.

Very nice, I like the way his head and eyes never budge while he looks to his landing point, Thanks for the share.

I learned a while back that the rule of "if you have nothing nice to say say nothing at all" is lost on some of the regulars here that need to comment on every topic.

Looks very neat. Was it staged or natural?

I liked it! Pretty intense.

I wonder how many people know that that owl can break your arm with those talons.

That was pure art!! Sweet shot angel, and great work with the slow motion :)

That's real slow motion. Wish Vegas could do that.
JJK

Real slow motion can only be done by a camera. :)

I really liked the detail in the feathers and the ability to see the timing as the owl puts on the speed brakes and opens the talons at the last fraction of a second.

If only we could get the owl to design an anti-shake system for cameras.... the ability to stabilize the head while everything else is in motion is remarkable.

ha ha happy, I was thinking just the same thing, by the very nature of the word term "Real Slow Motion"

Just struck me funny, love the way the head just doesn't lose sight of the target no mater what else the body is doing. Not to mention I'm a sucker for slomo :)

Dave

Possibly better version on YT:



For anyone interested in high speed cinematography the video below should be watched:



This was taken with the Weisscam which is built specifically for high speed cinematography. The other cameras such as the Photron and Phantom are capable of much higher frame rates for scientific imaging but there's a price to pay in image quality.

Bob.

I loved it.That is a great shot !!

Ted

You want Chicken Cam?






Just like human steadycam operators you don't want to get them angry :)

Bob.

I thought it was really neat how, just when the owl is about to land, it's "flaps" come up to help break it. Just like you see when an airplane goes to land (Owl is much quieter though!)

We had pigeons when I was a kid and I spent countless hours watch their take-offs and landings. As an adult I get exercise doing laps around the local duck pond. Same basic mechanics at work for pigeons and ducks, especially the amazing way they "backwards flap" just before landing. Maybe I don't have a life, but I never tire of watching that specific movement.

Beautiful detail in this video of the feathers : )