Keeping an eye on things – Image of the Week
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This image was taken of an injured Great Horned Owl that my brother had found on a roadside and brought home to nurse back to health. Trying not to add to the owl’s stress, I used my Nikon D2X with a 70-180mm lens. Heeding the owls clicking warnings, I climbed up on a chair and stood back a few feet as the owl perched upon my parent’s china cabinet. With the macro lens, I was able to get shots not only of the whole owl, but this one of the owls very intense looking eyes. Happily I am able to note that after a couple days rest and some hand fed rattle snake road kill, the owl was able to be released back into the wild.
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:26 am
Hi,
I am a graphic design student from George Mason University. I love this photo and it would be perfect for the designs for my Corporate Campaign project. I was wondering if I could get your permission to use this photo on my letterhead design as well as perhaps some of the other designs needed for this project. The most that this photo would be used is for my project and in my portfolio. If you would like I could even send you pdf versions of the designs I use this photo in.
The company I made up for the project is a coffee shop called Noc Sova (meaning night owl in Slovak) and my logo is based off the great horned owl.
Let me know what you think.
Best,
Leanne Molter
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:44 am
Hi Leanne, as your use is for educational purposes only, I think it is ok for you to use it for that purpose. Thanks for asking!
– Bill
November 18th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
I hope you don’t take this the wrong way, I am not trying to offend you, but I was just wondering since you are a graphic designer, if this photo has been enhanced or modified in any way? I only ask because of the perfect condition, or I guess I should say, flawlessness of the animal. If it was a wild animal and an injured one at that, I would expect to see at least a blemish or two. This is a beautiful picture either way, and I hope I am not insulting you by asking this question.
November 9th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Isn’t nature the most beautiful!
I enjoyed reading the story of how the owl showed up in your life too! – reminds me of when I was a kid we had an orphaned mistle thrush living in our house until it fledged – I have a great picture of it sitting on my Dad’s head!!