As many of you know, my DBF Jon is very interested in bird photography. I frequently accompany him on his outings, so when he wanted to leave for Thanksgiving dinner at his sister's a couple of hours early, I knew he had a bird-scouting adventure in mind. His sister lives about 30 minutes from Horicon National Wildlife Refuge. Jon had read on a friend's blog about seeing a snowy owl in the Refuge, and he wanted to see if he could find it. The friend's description of the location was "along Dike Road".
Hmmmmm.
Still, Jon's a great spotter, and it wasn't long before he found this beautiful bird. We took a few photos, piled back in the car, and headed off for a terrific day of family, football and food.
Home, I cropped this image down to follow the
rule-of-thirds (I think), by positioning the eye of the owl in the upper third intersection of the photo. A little sharpening and here's my image.
This should be framed. Great find and capture!
ReplyDeleteThat has made for a hoot of an image, I love it.
ReplyDeleteGreat job finding and capturing the snowy owl. I have never seen one before.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love owls and have not shot one yet and don't remember seeing any on the challenge either. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteWOW...a beauty of a capture...LOVE this!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't care if this was the rule of fourths, because it is a fine shot of such a magnificent bird. Sounds like you had a great day!
ReplyDeleteWow--what an amazing shot!
ReplyDeleteWhat a privilege to be able to see this bird in the wild.
ReplyDeleteHi Val,
ReplyDeleteAwesome picture! I agree with Lois, you should frame this. Have a great day!
Sherrie
Beautiful! What a thrill, well spotted Jon!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful bird! I bet my lifetime list would only have about a dozen entries, I so rarely see anything uncommon in the city.
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