Snowy Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted January 17, 2012315 views13 comments

I'm not fat, I'm fluffy.

D700
500mm vr
1/1000
f9
-.33
iso 400

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Rebecka on January 17, 2012 at 11:20 PM

Love your caption, Charlie... fluffy indeed. Is this one of the Snowies that has shown up further South than usual this year? (I actually photographed one in NJ last month!) One of my favorite things about your image is that because of the way the bird is perched, we get a nice view of his very feathered legs and feet. They look massive relative to the bird's size.

Registered on February 5, 2009, 170 Posts, 924 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 18, 2012 at 7:46 AM

Very cool shot Charlie. Love the fluffed up look. Nice habitat and great look at the legs and feet. There is a slight blue color cast on the shaded side areas and toward the tail. If this were mine, I would remove that cast. Awesome shot.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 18, 2012 at 9:21 AM

I love all the ruffles! Did not realize their feet were so enormous!

Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 18, 2012 at 1:38 PM

LOL ! Great shot, excellent pose. Well done, cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on January 18, 2012 at 4:10 PM

Nice shot! Someone definitely ruffled his/her feathers. The feet look huge. Good job of finding an opening through the grass stems for a clear shot.

Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 18, 2012 at 6:02 PM

Nice pose. I agree with Ron about warming it up a little.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 19, 2012 at 12:23 AM

Wonderful capture; great title. I agree with the others about the slight blue cast. You got this ins the San Diego area?

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on January 19, 2012 at 2:30 AM

Thanks all. This was taken last week up in Washington just before the blizzard hit. They may come to San Diego yet the way things are going. I hear that one showed up in Hawaii.

Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 19, 2012 at 1:29 PM

Very cool pose, this makes me want to get home. It looks slightly dark on my current monitor.

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by dan elster on January 19, 2012 at 6:09 PM

Love the comical pose and your caption.

Registered on September 23, 2005, 299 Posts, 2443 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on January 19, 2012 at 6:41 PM

I love that pose - made me smile. Great setting too. There's just enough eye color to make this work well for me. Glad to see your owl quest was a great success Charlie. If this were mine I might try brightening the image a bit.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 20, 2012 at 7:08 AM

Or, "He's not heavy, he's my brother"

Great natural setting and perch, love the fluffy pose of course..like the POV and those feet so well seen add well..
Very cool, wish it was mine Charlie.