Snowy Owl
Apr 20, 2015 09:55:38 #
Few shots of a Snowy Owl taken Winter of 2013 in Lancaster Pa area .
Apr 20, 2015 09:58:36 #
Apr 20, 2015 10:06:37 #
These are fantastic shots and how lucky for you to see it!! We don't see them very often here in Minnesota.
Apr 20, 2015 10:38:33 #
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Apr 20, 2015 10:52:00 #
Best snowy shots I have seen on the UHH Forum! Beautiful, the BIF are incredibly sharp!
Apr 20, 2015 11:00:15 #
Such a beautiful Owl. I have never seen one in person.
Great photos!
Great photos!
Apr 20, 2015 11:00:34 #
Apr 20, 2015 12:09:05 #
WOW!!! #1 is awesome. I would love to see one of these guys in the wild.
zuzanne
zuzanne
Apr 20, 2015 12:37:04 #
zuzanne wrote:
WOW!!! #1 is awesome. I would love to see one of these guys in the wild.
Looks like a female to me. And those are really terrific shots of a Snowy owl!
As far as seeing one... might be iffy out there! People pay several thousand dollars for a 5 day stay here in Barrow to photograph them (and other birds). But it's a sure thing to see them too.
A much less expensive trip in mid or late September, about the time the young ones leave the nest but before they migrate in October, is a great time to see several of them! Some years there are only half a dozen, other years a trip down any road out of town will turn up 50 or 60 Snowy Owls.
Spring is when the photography tours happen, but that is also when Snow Owls are nesting and very skittish. 600mm lenses, and maybe with a TC are required... :-)
Apr 20, 2015 12:45:17 #
crappiefever wrote:
Thanks everyone for the kind replies !!
I don't think it is possible to overdo the praises for those images.
I've got literally thousands of images of Snowy Owls. Every couple of weeks I visit the hallway at Ilisagvik College in Barrow where the North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife has at least a dozen or so of their best Snowy Owl pictures hanging on the walls. And I've seen more than one presentation by Denver Holt showing his best shots of Snowy Owls.
I know what a good Snowy Owl picture is! Yours are very good! As photographs they are technically as good as any. Perhaps the drama of an owl protecting a nest or chasing off an Arctic Fox is greater... but not technically better!
Apr 20, 2015 12:56:38 #
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Apr 20, 2015 17:57:42 #
datsmar
Loc: minnesota
crappiefever wrote:
Few shots of a Snowy Owl taken Winter of 2013 in Lancaster Pa area .
beautiful images of a beautiful bird.
dave
Apr 21, 2015 06:07:39 #
crappiefever wrote:
Few shots of a Snowy Owl taken Winter of 2013 in Lancaster Pa area .
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: awesome shots Will
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