nature photography : great horned owl

I tracked down this Great Horned Owl as dusk began to fall, following his loud hooting to a small stand of trees near some of the historic gun emplacements atop a ridge. I ended up so close I couldn't take a full-body photo!

Equipment: Canon EOS 30D Canon EF 300mm f4L IS with 1.4x Teleconverter Settings: f7.1; 1/50 sec.; focal length at 420 mm; ISO 800 Date: October 22, 2008 8:53 pm Location: Marin Headlands / Marin County, CA