Short-eared Owl
New York
Decided to give this older under exposed image a go.
It was almost dark when I came upon this owl sitting out in a field. I ended up pushing the iso as high as I dared with this camera body and fired off several images from the car window.
They ended up about one and a half stops under exposed.. So it's sat in my downloads all this time.
Cropped a bit to get the owl out of the center, snow streaking do to the slower shutter speed.
A little work on the eyes which was the only part of the image that looked poor from the large exposure adjustment.
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Great Gray Owl
Quebec, Canada
Sometimes there is just no substitute for being in the right place at the right time. Of course other factors always come into play like frozen hands, the right lens at the right time and correct settings, etc... It is grand though when most things come together.
Best viewed large by clicking on the image..
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Great Gray Owl
Quebec, Canada
A Great Gray actively hunting from the forest edge in a light snow storm.
This was one of those magical photo days. Low wind, temps in the mid 20's F (-4 C), no one in sight, only me and the owl. I sat quietly in the snow watching as this owl actively hunted for breakfast.
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Portland Head Light House during the morning blue hour with some of the Quadrantid meteor shower showing.
Maine
Still trying to capture and learn how to process astro and blue hour images. This is one of my early attempts from about a half hour before sunrise on the last day of 2024.
There are a few of the meteors clearly visible in this image and a few more you will have to look more closely to see, as they are somewhat dim.
Best viewed large by clicking on the image.
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Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
New Jersey
This one is from the same photo shoot as yesterday. I was lucky enough to fire off several different compositions as the Buntings fed near by.
I think this Bunting is a female (non-breeding plumage), males should have less brown coloring in winter. The Bunting all the way to the left in front of the small group in yesterdays image should be a male (non-breeding of course). That's if I have identified them correctly??
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