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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: sdwilsonsct on March 28, 2014, 02:21:41 pm

Title: Owls
Post by: sdwilsonsct on March 28, 2014, 02:21:41 pm

Thanks for looking.

I've been chasing Snowy owls all winter. They are quite shy until about now when they start getting frisky, and more worried about each other than the guy with the camera. You can see from the habitat that they are hard to sneak up on.

Title: Re: Owls
Post by: muntanela on March 28, 2014, 02:32:39 pm

 :-*

Title: Re: Owls
Post by: francois on March 29, 2014, 08:56:01 am

Very nice set of photos. I like both the portraits and the owl "in the snow".

Title: Re: Owls
Post by: churly on March 29, 2014, 02:54:50 pm

Very nice 'wols'.  I especially like the wind bend in the right 'horn' of #2.  We has a great early winter Snowy Owl season this year but they moved on due to lack of rodents.  Some of the local birders got some great shots.
Chuck

Title: Re: Owls
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 29, 2014, 02:57:17 pm

All good, but for me, the third stands out.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Owls
Post by: sdwilsonsct on March 30, 2014, 09:14:33 am

Thanks, everyone.

The horns are bent in #2 by the wind, lots of it as the owl is in the middle of a shelterbelt. The noise of the wind allowed me to get within range.

The individual in #3 seemed to be very naive and curious. These two are the best from a whole winter of stalking.