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Scops-owl


Scops-owl
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Copyright: Zahoor Ahmed (zahoor_salmi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 108 W: 0 N: 434] (4354)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-07
Categories: Nature
Camera: Cannon 40D, Canon 400mm L 5.6
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/250 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-11-02 6:45
Viewed: 55
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Scops-owls are Strigidae (typical owls) belong to the genus Otus. Approximately 45 living species are known, but new ones are frequently recognized and unknown ones are still being discovered every few years or so, especially in Indonesia. For most of the 20th century, this genus included the American screech-owls which are now again separated in Megascops based on a range of behavioral, biogeographical, morphological and DNA sequence data.

Scops-owls in the modern sense are restricted to the Old World, except for a single North American species - the Flammulated Owl - that is only provisionally placed here and is likely to be moved out of Otus eventually. See below for details.

As usual for owls, female scops-owls are usually larger than the males of their species, with owls of both sexes being compact in size and shape. All of the birds in this genus are small and agile. Scops-owls are colored in various brownish hues, sometimes with a lighter underside and/or face, which helps to camouflage them against the bark of trees. Some are polymorphic, occurring in a greyish- and a reddish-brown morph.
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  • Nokin Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 54 W: 0 N: 37] (537)
  • [2009-11-02 7:19]

hallo,

Einfach genial das Foto ,Licht ,Schärfe , Details und Farben ***** Super.

Gruß Detlef

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  • Juliet Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 878 W: 64 N: 1973] (13588)
  • [2009-11-02 7:59]

Hello Zahoor,
This is the sweetest little thing-- is it a baby? Really nice lighting and good sharp details. Well done on this photo. TFS Julie

Hi Zahoor,
Very nice and detailed capture. Super colors and a good note with it.
I would have chosen the portrait format in presenting it.
TFS
Joop!

Hello Ahmed!
Good focus, beautiful owl!
Nice colours in background!
Best regards!
Lili

Warm light,great detail and natural colors create a beautiful image.Best regards Otto.

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