Female snowy owl in flight and perched(Pic heavy)

ZombiesniperJr · Feb 6, 2017

We pulled up on a guy who baits the owls so we took advantage of the opportunity for some great flight shots.
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Female snowy owl by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr
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Female snowy owl in flight6 by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr
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Female snowy owl in flight5 by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr
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Female snowy owl in flight4 by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr
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Female snowy owl in flight3 by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr
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Female snowy owl in flight2 by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr
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Female snowy owl in flight1 by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr

WesternGuy · Feb 7, 2017

Baits owls? You have pushed one of my controversial buttons, or at least your "guy" has. I know it is done, but I still feel that, somehow, baiting is a bit of a no-no and, I suspect, it might be illegal in some places. ('nuff said as this is the subject of a whole different posting and discussion.)

These are generally nice pics, but you have cropped bits off in some of them in # 3 and 6. In #4,5,6 and 7, it would be nice if there was a little more contrast between the bird and the background as there is in the first two. I note from the EXIF data that you are using +1EV for exposure compensation. I would suggest that you might want to experiment with as much as +2 or +3 in these low contrast situations. The reason I suggest this is that a few years ago a friend of mine was showing me some pictures he had taken of an Arctic fox in the snow - white fox, white snow. He told me he had to use +3 exposure compensation to get enough contrast to end up with a good picture.

WesternGuy

ZombiesniperJr · Feb 7, 2017

WesternGuy said:
Baits owls? You have pushed one of my controversial buttons, or at least your "guy" has. I know it is done, but I still feel that, somehow, baiting is a bit of a no-no and, I suspect, it might be illegal in some places. ('nuff said as this is the subject of a whole different posting and discussion.)

These are generally nice pics, but you have cropped bits off in some of them in # 3 and 6. In #4,5,6 and 7, it would be nice if there was a little more contrast between the bird and the background as there is in the first two. I note from the EXIF data that you are using +1EV for exposure compensation. I would suggest that you might want to experiment with as much as +2 or +3 in these low contrast situations. The reason I suggest this is that a few years ago a friend of mine was showing me some pictures he had taken of an Arctic fox in the snow - white fox, white snow. He told me he had to use +3 exposure compensation to get enough contrast to end up with a good picture.

WesternGuy

Thank you i am not sure if it is legal here but we did not bait them In number 3 i do not see were i cropped off part of the owl the birds is fully there can you explain what you mean? number 6 is uncropped the owl came so close there at one point i could not even fit the whole head of the owl in frame no pictures like that

ZombiesniperJr · Feb 7, 2017

WesternGuy said:
Baits owls? You have pushed one of my controversial buttons, or at least your "guy" has. I know it is done, but I still feel that, somehow, baiting is a bit of a no-no and, I suspect, it might be illegal in some places. ('nuff said as this is the subject of a whole different posting and discussion.)

WesternGuy

Would you like me to post two pics of one owl that was not baited it was just flying away?

MSnowy · Feb 7, 2017

Nice captures Jr. Not sure how much post work you do on your picture but even a few adjustments make a big difference.

ZombiesniperJr · Feb 7, 2017

MSnowy said:
Nice captures Jr. Not sure how much post work you do on your picture but even a few adjustments make a big difference.

Thank you i brightened them but did not want to brighten them even more because the owl would disapear

ZombiesniperJr · Feb 7, 2017

I forgot to mention i was using my dads camera with the 400mm so i was using the 7dmk2 and i was using whatever settings my dad had it set up to

jcdeboever · Feb 7, 2017

nice set baby faced zombie

ZombiesniperJr · Feb 7, 2017

jcdeboever said:
nice set baby faced zombie

Thank you

TonyBritton · Feb 7, 2017

Excellent series, Logan. All wonderful.

Tony

ZombiesniperJr · Feb 7, 2017

TonyBritton said:
Excellent series, Logan. All wonderful.

Tony

Thank you

WesternGuy · Feb 7, 2017

ZombiesniperJr said:
WesternGuy said:

Baits owls? You have pushed one of my controversial buttons, or at least your "guy" has. I know it is done, but I still feel that, somehow, baiting is a bit of a no-no and, I suspect, it might be illegal in some places. ('nuff said as this is the subject of a whole different posting and discussion.)

WesternGuy

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Would you like me to post two pics of one owl that was not baited it was just flying away?

No problem. I do realize that you weren't baiting them. It is just that I cringe whenever I read about someone, anyone, baiting wildlife in an attempt to capture their images. There was an instance, can't remember much of the details, where a photographer won some kind of award of contest where his image was obtained by baiting the owl. Anyway, as I said, I don't want to get into a great discussion on this topic as it is one that gets me very "hot under the collar" and I would rather not get involved in this discussion in someone else's posting.

WesternGuy

WesternGuy · Feb 7, 2017

ZombiesniperJr said:
WesternGuy said:

Baits owls? You have pushed one of my controversial buttons, or at least your "guy" has. I know it is done, but I still feel that, somehow, baiting is a bit of a no-no and, I suspect, it might be illegal in some places. ('nuff said as this is the subject of a whole different posting and discussion.)

These are generally nice pics, but you have cropped bits off in some of them in # 3 and 6. In #4,5,6 and 7, it would be nice if there was a little more contrast between the bird and the background as there is in the first two. I note from the EXIF data that you are using +1EV for exposure compensation. I would suggest that you might want to experiment with as much as +2 or +3 in these low contrast situations. The reason I suggest this is that a few years ago a friend of mine was showing me some pictures he had taken of an Arctic fox in the snow - white fox, white snow. He told me he had to use +3 exposure compensation to get enough contrast to end up with a good picture.

WesternGuy

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Thank you i am not sure if it is legal here but we did not bait them In number 3 i do not see were i cropped off part of the owl the birds is fully there can you explain what you mean? number 6 is uncropped the owl came so close there at one point i could not even fit the whole head of the owl in frame no pictures like that

As far as #3 is concerned, my apologies as I got the numbers mixed up. What threw me was the fuzzy object in the background in #4 which made it look like the tail was clipped or OOF. Upon closer inspection on your Flickr site, I can see that it is the fact that the tail seems to blend with the background that makes it looked clipped in the posted image.

Thanks for the information on #6, being uncropped. Just a personal preference for me, but I would not have taken the shot, although I do understand how tempting it can be, so no problem. It is also why I carry two cameras, one short, one long when I am shooting active wildlife.

WesternGuy