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Favorite Photos of the Tournament? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by anon6789@lemmy.world to c/superbowl@lemmy.world
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I know many of you fell for some new owls and enjoyed many of the pics of the ones you've already loved. I'm curious to see which photos you thought were the best. If you'd like, share a pic or two from the contest that really caught your attention.

I'll post a few here, but I don't want to post all the good ones myself. Hoo were your highlights of the last few weeks?

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[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Buffy

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Morepork / Ruru

[-] stufkes@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Omg that one is so fierce, love it

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Morepork is New Zealand's only native owl. They have Barn and Little Owls now too though. Little was introduced on purpose, Barn has snuck over, possibly on ships or airplane landing gear!

Morepork, aka the Ruru, is named after the sound it makes. Look that up if you haven't heard it before!

[-] stufkes@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

thanks for the info, that is really interesting to know!

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

My pleasure! 🦉

[-] onigiri@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

This winking one (and really all winking ones) was so good! 😉

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I don't think I skipped any winking pics or booty shots, just too irresistible! Hooty Booty!

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Flammy

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Team Flammy for life though ❤️

What stunning camouflage on such a tiny owl!

What stunning camouflage on such a tiny owl!

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

One person called it the Ent Owl, which I liked, and another said it looked made of bark and lichen. It really does look like some mythical forest creature made of the earth and trees!

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I was sad to see the Flamster not make it a bit further.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Me too! I really thought you guys had the chance to go all the way and do another huge upset.

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago

We were so close too. Less than 10 votes behind Snowy! 2024 will be our year, I can feel it

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

I love this burrowing owl attitude.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That was a fun one!

[-] relevant_ace@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This was my fav too

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago

Imperious. Unflappable (except when they flap). The perfect owl.

[-] Lumun@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

I have a newfound appreciation for the fish owls after this tournament. The BFOs both made really good runs against the cute tiny owls

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Oh man, that was a great one too!

Long live the Big F'n Owl!

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Northern Hawk Owl

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Barney

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Barny getting knocked out so early was my first sign this event was going to be full of surprises! No way I thought he'd lose so early.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Shorty

[-] onigiri@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

I can’t figure out how to post photos, but the one of Screechie (grey morph) at night with the moon in the background was so atmospheric!

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This one?

I try to look really hard at ones like this that look too good. I'm always worried about putting some AI images out as real owls, but they could just be heavily processed.

I'm no photographer or Photoshop/Lightroom guy so it's hard sometimes for me to tell.

[-] onigiri@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, that’s the one! I’m sure at least some post-processing went into this, but it does look nice. 🌕 🦉

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

If you haven't seen this Tawny I posted before, I liked this one too. 🌔

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