From Richard Gotz
I left my tripod unattended for 2 minutes when this guy came along and commandeered it.
Thank you Tammy for sending this image to me.
From Richard Gotz
While standing on the road with many other photographers, I had the good fortune to have this GGO land right in front of me. Without moving, I switched my settings to 1/160s f/8 iso 280 and let the 800mm do the rest.
Very unique post for you today. It’s 3 separate posts in 1.
A group of photographers were out shooting owls when Richard Gotz had a Great Gray land on his tripod. That moment was captured, but also another photographer captured his surprise, and he was also able to get a photo himself with his high magnification lens. We’re left with multiple perspectives of what must have been a very magical moment of time for those present!
That’s awesome. I love his expression. The photographer’s. :D
It’s not too often a human gets to be sharing the spotlight here. Before I saw who it was and found the other photos I wasn’t going to share the first photo because I was worried it was staged or someone baiting wild owls, but after seeing comments from Ryan Humphrey in the linked thread, who we’ve featured a ton of stuff by here, and finding the other photos, I saw it was just an unexpected encounter. I’m surprised the owl would come hang out with multiple people plainly visible.