Photography

I "spotted" this spotted owl taking a siesta under the canopy of our big rubber trees. The crows were squawking around him but couldn't get under there without risk to themselves, so they eventually went away. He stayed put for a nap and a quick grooming ...  

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it must be a sign..or do you see owls frequently?

Probably a few times each year. I think the owl (from my original post) is normally seen in a big tree a hundred meters or so down the canyon. Here's one I caught on camera about 5 years ago. And this one about 15 years ago, in our pine tree. We have lots...  

I see deer in my neighborhood too.

Nicely captured... the digital zoom seems to produce good results... I guess it was the crows that alerted you... good to see more of your garden. Casey

Unless the phone data tells you more than I know. Here a photo from my new iPhone 11 Pro zoom ...  

Focal Length:3.8 - 247.0 mm (Equivalent: 21-1365 mm) Crop Factor: 5.526 Sensor size: 4.55 x 6.17 mm Image ratio: 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 Optical Zoom: 65x Digital Zoom: Approx. 4x Combined: Approx. 260x WPS strips the exif data from the images... so digital z... 

The camera says 1/250 F4.0 ISO 400, 500, 640

Focal length: 8.8 ~ 220mm Focal length: 24–600 mm (equiv) Optical zoom: 25× (24 to 600 mm) Digital zoom: 4x If 600 mm equivalent lens isn't enough, digital zoom works by cropping the image. ∴ owl at 600 mm was optical zoom ; ) Casey __________________ Edi... 

great photos Mike.

and we will get surprise visitors Nice photos

We had a lovely Barred Owl in our neighborhood trees this summer early on. He was most vocal, hooting his "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you'all?" at all hours—especially mid-afternoon. I had him in the binocs several times, but my iPhone pics looked a...