The Snowy owls are wintering just north of town in NW Montana. My first time ever seeing them. Beautiful birds of prey. What a winter treat.
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17th January 2012, 12:10 AM #1
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17th January 2012, 12:11 AM #2
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Nice! Looks like you have its attention in the first one.
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17th January 2012, 12:17 AM #3
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Nice catch Dave! I would love to see and capture one of those in the wild. Don't think they make it down this way, not sure though. Anyway, that first one is quite nice. Well done.
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17th January 2012, 01:18 AM #4
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I agree, first one is the better. White is so hard to shoot!! Nice job. Lucky you. I rarely see any owls about here....only can wish.....You have his eyes on you....nice!
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17th January 2012, 01:23 AM #5
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We have them around these parts but never seen one. Maybe should go out looking...
Nice shots and congrats on getting a couple of shots.
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17th January 2012, 03:52 AM #6
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Oh these are fantastic. I love these birds...what beautiful shots!!
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17th January 2012, 04:38 AM #7
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#1 for sure great shots, looking foreword to seeing more.
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17th January 2012, 04:58 AM #8
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Spectacular bird and I rate the first shot, captured the eyes - bang! Looks like a cold overcast day.
Well done Dave.
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17th January 2012, 07:19 AM #9
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What a magnificent bird! Sounds like you were lucky to see it! We're you out lookingw for them? Or did you come across it by chance?
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17th January 2012, 10:51 AM #10
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Nice work Dave. I like the 1st one. You capture it's eyes well. Great work on exposure with the overcast sky like that and a white target you did well not to blow out the whites in the owls feathers by exposing to far to the right.
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17th January 2012, 11:19 AM #11
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What a lovely looking bird, and very well caught.
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17th January 2012, 05:10 PM #12
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Thanks, the owl sat on the pole for a few minutes looking around. Most hawks lean forward poop and fly off immediately. This one pooped and settled down so I thought it would stay but then it flew off so I was not ready. When it flew off it went over the car so I missed those shots.
Oh well live and learn.
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17th January 2012, 08:37 PM #13
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I've learned that as soon as I see wildlife I switch the camera Release Mode to Continuous shutter firing. It the subject 'takes off' I aim, hold the shutter down and hopefully I have everything else configured correctly. I can get about 9 RAW shots at 3 shots/second before my buffer fills.
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