More Snowy Owls frome early 2012: More of the Snowy Owls from Oklahoma last winter. I would have like for them to be better but I did the best I knew how with the equipment I had.

Lloyd L Loc: Blackwell OK

More of the Snowy Owls from Oklahoma last winter. I would have like for them to be better but I did the best I knew how with the equipment I had. Canon 50D with 100-400 canon lens. For the most part I could not approach closer than 250 yards and many times it was rainy or foggy. I was asked to share more of them. I hope you enjoy them as much as did trying to get good Photos.

Snowy Owl

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

Lloyd L wrote:

More of the Snowy Owls from Oklahoma last winter. I would have like for them to be better but I did the best I knew how with the equipment I had. Canon 50D with 100-400 canon lens. For the most part I could not approach closer than 250 yards and many times it was rainy or foggy. I was asked to share more of them. I hope you enjoy them as much as did trying to get good Photos.

Nice captures. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

Macromad Loc: New Zealand

One of my favourites cheers

treadwl Loc: South Florida

I think the owls are beautiful. It is such a noble bird. At 250 yards these are nothing to be ashamed of. You did well with the captures. Did you shoot in jpg or RAW???

Thanks much for sharing. I'm sure the experience for you much have been both exciting and rewarding.

Larry

Lloyd L Loc: Blackwell OK

Macromad wrote:

One of my favourites cheers

Thanks Macromad.

Lloyd L Loc: Blackwell OK

GeneM wrote:

Lloyd L wrote:

More of the Snowy Owls from Oklahoma last winter. I would have like for them to be better but I did the best I knew how with the equipment I had. Canon 50D with 100-400 canon lens. For the most part I could not approach closer than 250 yards and many times it was rainy or foggy. I was asked to share more of them. I hope you enjoy them as much as did trying to get good Photos.

Nice captures. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

Thanks GeneM.

Lloyd L Loc: Blackwell OK

treadwl wrote:

I think the owls are beautiful. It is such a noble bird. At 250 yards these are nothing to be ashamed of. You did well with the captures. Did you shoot in jpg or RAW???

Thanks much for sharing. I'm sure the experience for you much have been both exciting and rewarding.

Larry

Thanks treadwl. They were shot in jpg. They were only about 4 miles from home and there were at east 3 of them over the span of a month.It was fun to have them so close and we were able to show many others their beauty. Many of them did not make it back to their home.

Ive Fallen Loc: Chula, GA

beautiful!

carlysue Loc: Columbus

I didn't realize the full beauty of their feather colors until I saw its full wingspan in flight. thank you for sharing.

Lloyd L Loc: Blackwell OK

carlysue wrote:

I didn't realize the full beauty of their feather colors until I saw its full wingspan in flight. thank you for sharing.

Yes carlysue they are so majestic and that wing span is nearly 5 feet. Thanks for the comment.

richardh76 Loc: VT, Central, Champlain Valley

Lloyd L wrote:

More of the Snowy Owls from Oklahoma last winter. I would have like for them to be better but I did the best I knew how with the equipment I had. Canon 50D with 100-400 canon lens. For the most part I could not approach closer than 250 yards and many times it was rainy or foggy. I was asked to share more of them. I hope you enjoy them as much as did trying to get good Photos.

Glad to see you have the same lens as I, maybe I have a chance!
Very nice shots Lloyd. :thumbup: :thumbup: Question: Did you use a tripod, hand hold or car window support?
Richard

Lloyd L Loc: Blackwell OK

richardh76 wrote:

quote=Lloyd L More of the Snowy Owls from Oklahom... (show quote)

I usually hand hold but I tried everything-window mount, rest lens on the window , used a tripod some but could never quite achieve the focus that I would like. Good thing I had multiple chances. Thanks for asking.

dcrott

I am from North Dakota, See snowy owls in the winter time quite often, did not realize that they go go that far south. I see them sitting on electric poles quite often, on rare occasions you can drive right up to them. It is true that they are very cautious of humans. They seem to be able to take the cold quite well and generally migrate only when food is short up north in Canada. It appears that a higher than normal migration takes place about every 4 years.

Lloyd L Loc: Blackwell OK

dcrott wrote:

I am from North Dakota, See snowy owls in the winter time quite often, did not realize that they go go that far south. I see them sitting on electric poles quite often, on rare occasions you can drive right up to them. It is true that they are very cautious of humans. They seem to be able to take the cold quite well and generally migrate only when food is short up north in Canada. It appears that a higher than normal migration takes place about every 4 years.

Yes it is unusual for them to get this far south. It has been 18 year since we had seen them. It is said that there was an over population and following food shortage that moved so many this far south. They were said to be young owls and probably so malnurished that many would not make it back to their breeding grounds. Thanks for commenting.

dcrott

My understanding is that few if any do go back north but die here. Just Natures way of reducing the population. Thanks for the reply