Paul Lagasi
12-17-2009, 10:10 PM
Today I drove west of home and found this Snowy on a barn roof, wind was howling, temps were in the -4F range but wind made it much colder...I couldn't get very close (private property sign) so I used my 1.7x converter on my 300 (poor man's 500..LOLOL).
A gust of wind came up and nearly blew this owl off his perch, I guess talons don't work well on metal roofs...I know its not the best image but shows how hardy these owls are...side light didn't help either. I didn't want to tone down the whites to much so blowing snow would show.
Its just great to see these owls back...
D300
300 2.8 w 1.7tc
f6.3
1/3200
iso-640
resting on car
cropped 50%
sharpened
A gust of wind came up and nearly blew this owl off his perch, I guess talons don't work well on metal roofs...I know its not the best image but shows how hardy these owls are...side light didn't help either. I didn't want to tone down the whites to much so blowing snow would show.
Its just great to see these owls back...
D300
300 2.8 w 1.7tc
f6.3
1/3200
iso-640
resting on car
cropped 50%
sharpened