Snowy Owl
Jan 30, 2020 06:10:37 #
photophile wrote:
Well done.
Thank you photophile, also seen in parts of Ohio. Gary
Jan 30, 2020 06:11:06 #
Jan 30, 2020 06:11:56 #
Marilyng wrote:
Great shots,thanks for sharing!
MarilynG, Thank you, they are also seen in parts of Ohio. Gary
Jan 30, 2020 06:14:01 #
Nalu wrote:
Definitely worth the effort. Both are great but love the flight shot. Great light and, for lack of another word, the texture of the bird.
Thank you Nalu. Let's just say I had a lot of PP for the bird in flight and tried several different tools to present what I have. Gary
Jan 30, 2020 06:15:13 #
suntouched wrote:
If you had only gotten the one in flight, the trip would have been worth it! Beautiful.
suntouched, thanks for the kind words. Having lived in Fl;orida for 42 years, I have not been that cold in a while. Gary
Jan 30, 2020 06:19:50 #
jederick wrote:
Magnificent creatures well captured...thanks for sharing and congratulations!! 
jedrick, I have seen images of these birds in the wild from professional photographers, and it always intrigued me to go find them. The setting is not what I had envisioned, but the were quite stunning to see, even if they were mostly on telephone poles. Interesting at first I thought something was wrong with my camera, I would see the male in my viewfinder, but when he turned his head, it looked like the top of his head was out of focus. Strange, I thought the cold weather did something to my camera. Gary
Jan 30, 2020 06:22:00 #
imagemeister wrote:
NICE ! ......thanks for sharing especially the info
imagemeister, you are an old Florida dog like me, we shoot in the cold Florida winters all of the time. I have heard and read a lot about cold batteries, etc., but never experienced them. I thought the whole battery had to come back to room temperature and that was not the case. Gary
Jan 30, 2020 06:24:12 #
Wanda Krack wrote:
Thanks for the info on batteries. I have wondered if they would return to normal after being left in the cold or frozen. I once knew someone who froze his batteries in his freezer until near time he needed them and have often wondered if that is or is not a good way to store batteries. Wonderful shots.
Wanda, thank you. I have only frozen dead batteries to see if I could revive them. Not so lucky. My fear was that all of my batteries were dead and not coming back, having been left in the trunk over a weekend. I thought the guide would have taken all of the equipment to his room. As he got sick, I am glad he did not. Gary
Jan 30, 2020 06:32:14 #
Camera Man wrote:
Nice ,better yet fantastic captures. Where about in Saul St Marie? Tahquamenon falls State Park was in the same area Also Whitefish Point another great place to go for birds. It looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing.
Camera Man, thank you. You must see the Snowy Owls all of the time being from MI. We drove around the back roads, and saw them mostly between 5 and 9 mile road, but a couple further south. We spotted most of the owls east of I-75. We found it interesting that the roads were named by how far they were from the Canadian border. Had we had a guide, we may have done a lot better, but at least we saw the owls. We went as far south as Drummond Island and took the ferry across for the experience, we do not see that in Florida. We also saw the Coast Guard breaking up the ice to keep the shipping lanes open. The Soo locks were closed for the winter, which was disappointing, but all in all it was a good trip. Gary
Jan 30, 2020 06:35:06 #
gwr wrote:
Nice shots. Such a magnificent raptor. I've been looking all over for one here but they aren't at their usual spots yet. Gary
Another Gary, good morning. I was very impressed and at the same time in awe of the beauty. Have you check ebird? That is how we found them, based on our lousy map and willingness to drive the roads in a given location. Happy hunting. Gary
Jan 30, 2020 06:35:34 #
Jan 30, 2020 06:43:37 #
J-SPEIGHT wrote:
Nice shots
JSPEIGHT, thanks. My brother-in-law spots them in the Cincinnati-Dayton area, do you get an opportunity to spot them as well? Gary
Jan 30, 2020 09:22:43 #
Thank you for the response. the area of the UP of Michigan is really pretty.Glad that you had a great time.Cold up there.
Jan 30, 2020 10:05:34 #
Marianne M Banks
Loc: Anacortes WA
gwong1 wrote:
I went to Sault Ste Marie, MI looking for Snowy Ow... (show quote)
Great shots and what a wonderful adventure!! Thanks for sharing your experience. I’m hoping to see a snowy owl someday.
Jan 30, 2020 11:14:04 #
Camera Man wrote:
Thank you for the response. the area of the UP of Michigan is really pretty.Glad that you had a great time.Cold up there.
Camera Man, You are right, beautiful country. We could even tell it blanketed in the snow. I have some images of old farm equipment buried in the snow of the farmers property. Gary
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