A few more Snowy Owl Images

Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
edited March 15, 2013 in Wildlife
Had a great time with the Snowy Owl, it was so cold on this morning shoot that the batteries needed to be change frequently like every 20 minutes or so. I hope you will enjoy this series.


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Regards - Dennis

Dennis Kaczor Photography

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  • endurodogendurodog Registered Users Posts: 183 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2013
    All are great but the 3rd is my favorite. Nice clicks!
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2013
    endurodog wrote: »
    All are great but the 3rd is my favorite. Nice clicks!

    Thank you for the kind words, and I think that is a rather interesting pose in flight with the legs hanging down, and that pleasing wing blur showing a sense of motion that catches ones eyes.

    Thank you again.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2013
    Wow! What amazing shots! #3 is brightest and most crisp! I like the pink hue in #1 as well. If you can answer these......how far was this owl from you? What lens did you use? Since it is flying around, these have to be hand-held shots right? Or did you have mono-pod and such? Thanks.
  • Spinner of TalesSpinner of Tales Registered Users Posts: 528 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2013
    Beautiful shots.

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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2013
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Wow! What amazing shots! #3 is brightest and most crisp! I like the pink hue in #1 as well. If you can answer these......how far was this owl from you? What lens did you use? Since it is flying around, these have to be hand-held shots right? Or did you have mono-pod and such? Thanks.

    First of all thanks for the kind words on this series. That third one was in close, and it turned out well for me.

    Sure I can answer your questions.

    The owl was all over this morning from 50 feet to around 20 feet.

    Nikon D700 with a 500mm Lens and a 1.4 Converter on the lens - 700mm in total.

    Handheld no not at all, the lens is heavy to begin with, so I used a Tripod for these shots and wanted to insure that my shots are sharp, as handheld I cannot hold it steady for long and tend to drop the lens position a lot and miss a lot of shots that way.

    I hope that answers your questions and feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2013
    Spinner of Tales wrote: »
    Beautiful shots.

    Spinner


    Thank you so much Spinner, and happy you enjoyed these images.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • wave01wave01 Registered Users Posts: 204 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2013
    what a great set well done
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2013
    Stunning Images Dennis. ylsuper.gif
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2013
    Dennis Kaczor wrote: »
    First of all thanks for the kind words on this series. That third one was in close, and it turned out well for me.

    Sure I can answer your questions.

    The owl was all over this morning from 50 feet to around 20 feet.

    Nikon D700 with a 500mm Lens and a 1.4 Converter on the lens - 700mm in total.

    Handheld no not at all, the lens is heavy to begin with, so I used a Tripod for these shots and wanted to insure that my shots are sharp, as handheld I cannot hold it steady for long and tend to drop the lens position a lot and miss a lot of shots that way.

    I hope that answers your questions and feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.

    Thanks!!
  • ashruggedashrugged Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2013
    Beautiful work Dennis, your exposures are perfect. I often struggle with the white birds.
    Robert

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  • puzzledpaulpuzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2013
    Think #1 would get my vote, Dennis because of the bg - altho' a difficult choice :)

    (Interesting how the pink seems to follow the bird's outline)

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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2013
    wave01 wrote: »
    what a great set well done

    Thank you so much for the comments.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2013
    Harryb wrote: »
    Stunning Images Dennis. ylsuper.gif

    Thanks you so much Harry.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2013
    ashrugged wrote: »
    Beautiful work Dennis, your exposures are perfect. I often struggle with the white birds.

    Thanks so much Robert, and most people have trouble with exposures with white birds. Most of the time I can get the adjustments right at the time of looking at the subject here in Ontario that is. But when I head to Florida, now that is were I have a little problem with the exposures as the lighting there is different then here.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2013
    puzzledpaul wrote: »
    Think #1 would get my vote, Dennis because of the bg - altho' a difficult choice :)

    (Interesting how the pink seems to follow the bird's outline)

    pp


    PP, I like that one for some reason and you are right that pink does seem to follow the birds outline, and I found it funny how that worked out with the shot.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited February 7, 2013
    Dennis, these are just TERRIFIC! I couldn't tell you which one I like best--each has some special feature. Seems like this owl looks around more while fiying than other birds I have seen, and it makes for great photos. Wondreful! Best, Pam
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2013
    PGM wrote: »
    Dennis, these are just TERRIFIC! I couldn't tell you which one I like best--each has some special feature. Seems like this owl looks around more while fiying than other birds I have seen, and it makes for great photos. Wondreful! Best, Pam


    Hi Pam, and thansk you for the kind words on this series of Snowy's. That is a good thing when you cannot just pick one out from the bunch. They do tend to look around a lot, and you are maybe right about doing this more then any other bird and always on the lookout for food.

    Thank you again.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • Hunter58Hunter58 Registered Users Posts: 723 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2013
    You captured a beautiful bird beautifully!
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  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2013
    Those shots are simply awesome.
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2013
    Hunter58 wrote: »
    You captured a beautiful bird beautifully!


    Thank you so much for the compliments
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2013
    Jeffro wrote: »
    Those shots are simply awesome.


    Thank you for the compliments on these images.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • slopokislopoki Registered Users Posts: 102 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2013
    Stunning captures of a beautiful bird Dennis.
    Great work.
    Rick
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2013
    Harryb wrote: »
    Stunning Images Dennis. ylsuper.gif

    I agree.
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2013
    slopoki wrote: »
    Stunning captures of a beautiful bird Dennis.
    Great work.
    Rick


    Thank you Rick, and glad you enjoyed these.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2013
    davev wrote: »
    I agree.

    Dave, thank you very much too.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • Brian_SBrian_S Registered Users Posts: 188 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2013
    another fantastic series! stunning images
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2013
    Thank you again Brian, and glad that you enjoyed these too.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
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