1600 Pixel - Large Images!
A very Dark, and Snowy day!
No complaints here!
Great grey owl in flight.
Any sort of GGO in flight is gold in my opinion, especially when it is not being baited with hand fed mice/rats.
This bird was hunting about 100 yards (91.44 m) out in the field, too far for a decent image, and the tree was not especially attractive. We waited.
I am sure these owls can sit still, and hunt for many hours, but there was heavy snow coming, so this creates a sense of urgency, as they do not want all their food buried.
It flew over a few photographers heads, coming in quite close. They really are not afraid of humans. The interesting part of this shot is the snowfall. There are times when the snow is falling so heavily, the focus sensors will and can be distracted. Here we have just enough snow to give the image atmosphere, but not interfering with the camera techs.
1600 ISO, and 1/800th of a second did the job, as the bird was just floating in the wind. No sudden movements. Again, luck was with me.
I like the background, as it was distant, and blurry even at f5.6 on the 200-400 Nikon lens. Natural, real, and so much better than a white sky. I did well, as this was my this first hike up to Quebec, so we went a second time the following weekend.
Hopefully, a few more trips this winter.
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