This is an attempt to salvage the winter shooting of snowy owls. I chose this image because of the wing position as she was just pushing off.
Yes, bad perch. I also had to photoshop out the wire running along the bottom of the photo.
I am having problems catching the snowys as they push off the pole (I am at the base of the pole - so close). They either push off and up or off and down - I usually guess wrong. The times that I guess right I either have the body with clipped wings, or the owl has a wire running thru its body, or I manage to get the owl but it is looking away.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Taken with D700, 200-400+1/4TC, ISO 400, aperture 8, shutter 1/1250 at 440mm.
Later afternoon sun but still got shadows, which I tried to lighten a bit.
Deb
First of all, let me say that I would be esctatic just to see one of these gorgeous creatures. You did well exposing the whites, and I love your clean blue BG. The one thing I yearn for more than anything is more eye contact here.
would love to see one of these beauties Deborah. Excellent exposure and detail and like the lifted wings. Agree a tad more eye contact would be nice. Many thanks for sharing.
Thanks everyone for taking time to comment. I also wish I had more eye contact. Posting has been helpful in learning what people want to see in an image.
I do realize that I have been lucky finding the snowys daily for the past month or so, just wish they would cooperate. I have them sitting and staring at me but not in-flight.
This must be one of my must-see owls from north America! Love the wing patterns and the feathered tarsi. I agree with your self critique about the perch, not much to do there.
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