Soaking up the sun
by Heather King
Title
Soaking up the sun
Artist
Heather King
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Earlier this week a dear friend took me out to search for the snowy owls.
Before I left his truck I said outloud to him "I need to see that male snowy owl in a tree". I kept repeating this over and over again with great exuberance.
For some reason seeing a snowy owl in a tree, for me, is the bees knees, because there are no trees in the arctic!
Entering the field there was a photographer acquaintance and I said to him "oh I so have to photograph this owl in a tree, I've been aching for this dream shot for 5 years now".
No word of a lie, the male snowy owl (noticeably smaller and faster than the female owl, and the male is mostly all white with very few black barred markings) flew into a tree directly in front of me within 10 minutes of being in his field!!!
My heart was pounding so fast, I could barely swallow. after I took many shots I was ecstatic! it was like someone injected me with rocket fuel and all my lyme symptoms went away:)
It was a very good day:)
There is NO feeling in the world (to me) that is more soul altering than seeing a snowy owl :)
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taken with canon 7D EOS
Lens - Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS Lens
taken at 400mm
as is
Taken outskirts of Ottawa , Ontario, CANADA
down a rural road, on a farm
Dedicated to Steve, thank you for the pep talk this morning, for putting things into 'perspective' for me as you always do in ways in which no one can!
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February 26th, 2015
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JOHN TELFER
Heather, Revisiting this remarkable image love the amazing details and clarity in this photo, G+ and T
Heather King
Thank you so much Jeff for the wonderful feature in "Strangest Or Most Unique Animals" 06/29/2017
Heather King
Thank you so much Karen for the wonderful feature in Lady Photographers And Artists 6/23/17 ♥