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Like an angel


Like an angel
Photo Information
Copyright: Helene Provencher (chouette) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 0 N: 843] (3000)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-03-08
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel, Canon EF300mm 4/L IS
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/2000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): !Birds of a Feather, Birds and Animals in the Snow, Snowy Owls (Bubo scandiacus) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-03-26 22:15
Viewed: 1859
Favorites: 2 [view]
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello everyone.
Here is a post of another snowy owl, in the same area :-)
What I like on this photo is the pose of the owl and the motion on the tips of the wings.

Hope you like it!
Thanks for viewing and comments

Description: The Snowy Owl is a large, diurnal white Owl that has a rounded head, yellow eyes and black bill. The feet are heavily feathered. A distinctive white Owl, their overall plumage is variably barred or speckled with thin, black, horizontal bars or spots. Females and juveniles are more heavily marked than males - adult males may be almost pure white, although they have up to three tail bands. Adult females are distinctly barred throughout, and have from four to six tail bands. Immatures are very heavily barred throughout, and dark spotting may codominate or dominate the overall plumage. Intensity of dark spotting varies with the sex of the immatures, females being the darkest. Juveniles are uniformly brown with scattered white tips of down.

Size: Length 51-68.5 cm (20-27") average female 66cm (26" inches), male 59cm (23")
Wingspan 137-164cm (54-65")
Weight 1134-2000g (40-70oz) average female 1707g (60oz), male 1612g (57oz)

Habits: Snowy Owls are active during the daytime, from dawn to dusk. They have a direct, strong, and steady flight with deliberate, powerful downstrokes and quick upstrokes. They make short flights, close to the ground, from perch to perch, and usually perches on the ground or a low post. During hot weather, they can thermoregulate by panting and spreading their wings. Snowy Owls are very aggressive when defending their nest.

Habitat: The Snowy Owl is a bird of Arctic tundra or open grasslands and fields. They rarely venture into forested areas. During southward movements they appear along lakeshores, marine coastlines, marshes, and even roost on buildings in cities and towns. In the Arctic, they normally roost on pingaluks (rises in the tundra) and breed from low valley floors up to mountain slopes and plateaus over 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) in elevation. When wintering in the Arctic, they frequent wind-swept tundra with little snow or ice accumulation. At more southern latitudes they typically frequents agricultural areas.

Speed: 1/2000 f/6.3
ISO 400
Focal Length: 300mm
Hand held
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  • Athila Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 310 W: 238 N: 421] (1503)
  • [2006-03-26 22:43]

Bonjour Helène!

Superbe image prise en pleine action. J'aime bien la position incliné qui donne du dynamisme à l'image et l'éclairage est très natuel.
Bravo, c'est une belle réussite.

Fantastic! Your having all the fun getting those great shots of snow owls makes me want to come up there and join you. Well done Helene. :)

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 880 W: 23 N: 926] (4989)
  • [2006-03-27 2:24]

Hélene bonjour, beaucoup de mouvement dans cette photo. Coté couleurs c'est du ton sur ton !! C'est magnifique, compliments, Didier.

Excellent details and sharpness, perfect composition and great colours. Fantastic work! Well done, Helene.
Gr.
Heinz

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1592 W: 32 N: 1361] (3978)
  • [2006-03-27 4:45]

Hello Helen,
Another superb in flight capture of this owl.
Excellent exposure,perfect focus and nice detail.
Great shot!

TFS

Hi Helene

Technically perfect shot, well timed with excellent POV. Stunning!! :-)

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  • viv Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 301 W: 3 N: 613] (3062)
  • [2006-03-27 5:34]

Hoi Helene,
What a picture, with al the snow in the background very nice POV i like it very much
TFS
Vivian

Another very good Snowy shot.
Great sharpness and very good pose. Well done.

Hello Helene,
This another fantastic capture in your series of the snowy. An excellent composition with a wonderful POV.. Worth at least 10 smiley's ;)
Very well done.

Hello Helene, Great shot, of this owl, Every thing about the Phot, Is right ON, TFS Kyle

This photo seems absolutely perfect to me, such a grand bird captured so well. The spread wings are amazing, and I love that the whole bird is shown with the snowy background with the tree line above just enough to provide a stopping point for the eye. This is one of your best, excellent work.

amazing capture. perfect exposure for so much white. the eyes really pop out.
beth

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7661)
  • [2006-03-27 18:18]
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Hello Helen,
Another superb in flight capture white owl against whitw Bg.Must be hard.Excellent details,colour,sharpness and perfect composition.
Well done my friend.

osse

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1298 W: 104 N: 4606] (20485)
  • [2006-03-29 23:19]

Encore une excellente photo Hélène, tout y est pour plaire, la netteté, l'envol, le contact des yeux etc. Bravo !

Mario

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  • hibou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 194 W: 1 N: 345] (1509)
  • [2006-04-01 17:32]

Bonjour Hélène,
En effet le détail du bout des ailes est superbe. Évidemment toute la photo est superbe! Bravo et merci pour la partager. Donald

Hi Helene, beautiful shot, just fantastic. Lovely exposure and speed choice. I love that pose you've caught it in. The light in the eyes is wonderful, it's the only colour in all that black and white and really stands out. Just beautiful :)

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