No Holds Barred

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No Holds Barred

Artist

Gary Holmes

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

This Barred Owl (Strix varia) and I communed for a couple of hours or more last weekend on our property, after I called it in. We have a Great Horned Owls and Screech-Owls as well, but I have been most successful in attracting the barred owls. It provided me some nice posed stills, but it suddenly swooped down from the branch behind it, directly towards me. I had a fleeting sense of mortality, until it flew silently past me into a nearby tree. These are among the largest owls in North America, and I would estimate it to be nearly two feet tall when perched, with a wingspan approaching 5 feet. Its talons are immense, and it could easily have inflicted grievous damage, but apparently it didn't consider me as either a threat or as a meal. This was a very memorable afternoon.
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I have always loved to photograph nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. I prefer the challenge of trying to capture the unpredictable spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring. I started with a Kodak Brownie as a child, but entered the world of real photography with a Canon AE-1 in the late 1970's. I have successfully sold a number of my photographs on Fine Art America, and have been recognized in international photography venues. My photo, "Blue Norther," was selected by the nonprofit Texas Bluebird Society for its 2010 membership announcements. My most requested photo, "Rowers' Arc," was selected as an Editors' Choice on 500px, as well as a 5-star Editor's Choice designation in Camerapixo's Hot Shots photo magazine, Volume 4 (http://issuu.com/camerapixo/docs/hotshots-camerapixo-04/1). It has now been published on page 121 in a new book, Camerapixo Photography Awards, Volume 01 (http://camerapixo.com/publications/photography-awards-01). I will continue to post my very best works on Fine Art America (http://gary-holmes.artistwebsites.com/) and 500px (http://500px.com/holmes

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June 17th, 2015

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