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A snowy Snowy Owl

I’ve been trying to find and photograph this Snowy owl for over a month but without success. On my 5th trip to an area about an hour outside of Ottawa I final...
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I’ve been trying to find and photograph this Snowy owl for over a month but without success. On my 5th trip to an area about an hour outside of Ottawa I finally spotted him and spent about 5 hours following him around an area covering about 3 square miles. Standing in the middle of an open field with the wind howling in your face and temperatures hovering around -10ºC with windchill of -20ºC was well worth it. Taken in Ste-Rose, Ontario, Canada area with a Canon 40D, Canon 300 2.8 IS lens
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14 Comments |
Melian
 
Melian February 13, 2012
Beautiful!
locustgirl
 
locustgirl March 21, 2012
SO SERENE
East-Photography
 
East-Photography June 25, 2012
Gorgeous!
IsabellaD Premium
 
IsabellaD October 21, 2012
Love it !
william4231
 
william4231 November 16, 2012
Amazing !!
Rosemaryswan
 
Rosemaryswan November 16, 2012
Nice capture! Beautiful
View1925
 
View1925 January 26, 2013
WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Just amazing - deb
ArtQ
 
ArtQ March 18, 2013
great capture, voted!
mikeyffin
 
mikeyffin March 19, 2013
Awesome Shot Voted
eastonh PRO
 
eastonh March 20, 2013
TRULY A MAGNIFICENT SHOT. VTD FOR THIS ONE ALSO.
photosue50
 
photosue50 June 06, 2013
Gorgeous
crawfras Platinum
 
crawfras June 28, 2013
Great work - excellent winter capture!
garycole
 
garycole December 05, 2013
Luv it
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel February 16, 2016
Great shot.

Have you ever captured an Arctic Horned Owl? They are also very beautiful. I hope to visiting British Columbia in the fall. I would like to shoot some Snowys.
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