"I punched the flash button and took a few more. The owl was actually very tolerant of our moving around him despit being only 3 feet away....he moved to a new small stump (the one in the picture) and posed perfectly for a few more shots."

Hey Roman,

You are pretty lucky that he was willing to sit through this. You are even more lucky that he landed so close. Owls are reputedly very hard to photograph. Sadly, I have never seen one in the natural environment. Of course, it is not that odd as I live in Manhattan.

-JM