Eyes Wide Shut by Lois Bryan
Featured in Only Owls July 18, 2011.
Featured in The Wild West Show June 12, 2010.
Top Ten in the “Sleeping Birds” challenge in Sleeping Creatures October 12, 2009.
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Afternoon siesta is still a popular tradition in the Southwestern US, as evidenced by the peacefully dozing little owl found here in the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, near Tucson, on April 17, 2009. I tried gently waking him, but thought better of shouting “MOUSE!” … although now, as I’m looking back over all the slammed-shut eye shots in my computer … maybe I should have??
Image taken with the Nikon D40x and the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens at shutter 1/160, and f/5.6 ap. Exp 0.00 and iso 200.
Comments
This is a good lookin’ lil’ dude..
I so much want ot photograph an owl in the wild… We hear them all the time…
thanks so much, Dennis!!!! Isn’t he just adorable?? I need to do a little research and get his name!!!! Bless him!!!
– Lois Bryan
Actually he is not dozing. He is dreaming of the cute blond taking his picture. Great shot. Bill
Ahh Bill … sure and it’s full of the blarney ye are!!! LOL!!! But thank you!!!!
– Lois Bryan
Awe…he’s sleeping very soundly…I’ve often wondered how they sleep sitting up like this without falling over…:)
Glenna, I’m with you!!! How DO they do that? ROFL!!!
– Lois Bryan
such an amazing shot Lois! xxx
Thanks, sweetie!!!!!!!!
– Lois Bryan
He is sooooooooooooooo CUTE Lois! How adorable.
thanks, Renee … I have half a dozen of him … ALL with his eyes shut right … at one point he swiveled his head a bit and I got all excited … hoping for the eyes to open, but it was not to be …
– Lois Bryan
Well taken Lois…I have never seen an owl in my garden
Our garden backs up to the woods and we hear them all the time … we can even “talk” to them … call out at night … and they’ll answer!!! But I’ve only seen them a few times. They’re nocturnal. This particular guy I found out in Arizona on my trip last week at the Senora Desert Museum … “museum” being a very broad brush term as everything is mostly outside.
– Lois Bryan
Oh he was watching you Lois……………….LOL This is beautiful Lois, love the tones and light :))
Thanks, Karen!!!!! I don’t know if he was watching me or not … I think I was doing my usual animal-cooing … trying to coax a fun facial expression or something … but he studiously ignored me!!!
– Lois Bryan
OOOOoooOOOO such an awesome shot…eyes shut or not!!!! Way cool!
Awwww … thankeeeee, Beviekinzzz!!!!
– Lois Bryan
Awesome capture Lois!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!xx
Hiii Van!!!! Thank you so much, hon!!
– Lois Bryan
What a great capture, the colors on this image are amazing. So cute, to see him take a nap…
Thanks so much, Joanne!!! The color scheme is pure Arizona!!! if you live out there and don’t like the color brown, you’re in a world of hurtin’!!! LOL!!!
– Lois Bryan