Darren, Good story and a couple of good captures. I like the two birds tangling, but the owl on the post is proof of what you saw. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > Before you look at these you should know that Thomas Mangelson has > nothing to worry about when it comes to my wildlife photography. > But Snowy Owls are in the area (I'm told a once-in-a-lifetime event > that they come as far south as Nebraska) and I've been dying to > capture one. > Last evening I spotted one near our small town airport on a lamp post, > right after sundown, but I did not have my camera with me. Tonight I > was in place, in case he returned again. He did, right on time, but he > landed on the street light farthest from me (natch). > > He didn't stay long and took off to the SW. I followed him through the > telephoto (and through my car window) snapping sillhouette shots when, > to my surprise another flew into view and they tangled repeatedly in > mid-air. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6792942927/ > > After three tangles or so one flew of farther SW. I tried to catch up, > hoping to find where he had landed. I succeeded, but unfortunately it > was on some extremely high power poles. I placed myself beneath him > and shot through the sunroof. When I realized it was getting too dark > I decided to try using my flash set on manual, which worked decently. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6792955637/ > > I've got a sequence of them tangling and a half dozen decently sharp > shots of the bird by himself. > Never thought I'd have to be removing red eye from a Snowy Owl, but > one of them needs it. > : ) > > Neat day. > (We also broke the temperature record for the date by 5 degrees, with > a high of 68. Take THAT 1931.) > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
