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We have returned from our trip to Death Valley, Valley of Fire, Grand Canyon and Los Vegas. I'm busy processing images from the trip and have posted the first of many images over on the Landscape Forum. There will be some that go up on City and Street as well.

A few of my friends wanted to visit the owls on the Long Island beach this week and only one was able to make it. We spent two hours walking the beach and dunes before spotting this young female snowy owl. It's very shy so we kept our distance setting up with a view of the crashing waves and a touch of snow on the sand. After about 30 minutes another photographer showed up and spooked it.

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013018DSC_1532_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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013018DSC_1537_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Jan 31, 2018 at 11:09 AM

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Lucky you. Nice images. I like the first one.

Tom

Jan 31, 2018 at 11:46 AM

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Lucky you indeed Morris, nicely done.

Jan 31, 2018 at 12:00 PM

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Welcome back, Morris and isn't it fun to be greeted when this fantastic bird?

Jan 31, 2018 at 12:55 PM

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You have so many snowy owl shots, Morris. Beautiful. I really like #1.

-Tam

Jan 31, 2018 at 02:05 PM

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Love the first one.

Birdie

Jan 31, 2018 at 04:55 PM

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tom12 wrote:
Lucky you. Nice images. I like the first one.

Tom

Thank you Tom

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louie champan wrote:
Lucky you indeed Morris, nicely done.

Thank you Louie

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polaris-14 wrote:
Welcome back, Morris and isn't it fun to be greeted when this fantastic bird?

Thank you Adhika,
Yes it is and by my friends as well. What I saw and photographed while traveling was equally fantastic. the fist image is up on the landscape forum

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canon.eos30d wrote:
You have so many snowy owl shots, Morris. Beautiful. I really like #1.

-Tam

Thank you Tam,
Yes the collection is growing and spans quite a few years

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birdied wrote:
Love the first one.

Birdie

Thank you Roberta,
I'm going to do another version of the second when I finish processing Valley of Fire. it's an incredible place.

Morris

Jan 31, 2018 at 10:25 PM

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Well done Morris ~ Ron

Jan 31, 2018 at 10:35 PM

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Nice pair of images Morris , I like em both !!

Jan 31, 2018 at 10:57 PM

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Morris, very nice snowy owl photos, but like 2 the best, also the previous smily one. There is one in the upper NW but very invasive.

Chris S.

Feb 01, 2018 at 12:20 AM

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image #1 is my favorite so far. Why? Because it isolates the owl beautifully and delicately in it's own environment. Wonderful composition Morris!

Feb 01, 2018 at 06:00 AM

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#1 for me Morris.

Vic

Feb 01, 2018 at 07:53 AM

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But where's the snow. You sure you took them at home and not in Death Valley?!!

Nice look and low angle.
Don

Feb 01, 2018 at 09:22 AM

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That first shot of the snowy is precious! TFS Morris!

Juan

Feb 01, 2018 at 09:34 AM

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Love these guys! Is your lens front-focussing a bit? You have a lot of pebble detail in front of the owl in the first image, and the owl appears to be at the backend of the focus zone.

Feb 01, 2018 at 11:37 AM

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surfnron wrote:
Well done Morris ~ Ron

Thank you Ron

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mrcolin2u wrote:
Nice pair of images Morris , I like em both !!

Thank you Colin,
I bet you will enjoy the rework of the second

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csinseattle wrote:
Morris, very nice snowy owl photos, but like 2 the best, also the previous smily one. There is one in the upper NW but very invasive.

Chris S.

Thank you Chris,
We have 3 of them on the beach I've been visiting

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PhilO wrote:
image #1 is my favorite so far. Why? Because it isolates the owl beautifully and delicately in it's own environment. Wonderful composition Morris!

Thank you Phil,
Your comment is part of why I did V2.0 of the second and I'm much happier with the owl with the environment showing as it blasts off

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viczig wrote:
#1 for me Morris.

Vic

Thank you Vic

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DonGut wrote:
But where's the snow. You sure you took them at home and not in Death Valley?!!

Nice look and low angle.
Don

Thank you Don,
There is a touch of snow visible on the right side of the first image. Most of it has melted yet that will be fixed tonight

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juankgigo wrote:
That first shot of the snowy is precious! TFS Morris!

Juan

Thank you Juan

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bobbytan wrote:
Love these guys! Is your lens front-focussing a bit? You have a lot of pebble detail in front of the owl in the first image, and the owl appears to be at the backend of the focus zone.

Thank you Bobby,
The owl is on a small hill creating a similar look to front focus. The lens is spot on.

Morris

Feb 01, 2018 at 08:41 PM

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Well Done, Morris.

Pius

Feb 01, 2018 at 10:58 PM

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Pius Sullivan wrote:
Well Done, Morris.

Pius

Thank you Pius

Morris

Feb 02, 2018 at 03:33 PM

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Oh my Morris, you are blessed to see these creatures!
Hat's off to your for the great captures.

Feb 02, 2018 at 04:25 PM

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MedicineMan404 wrote:
Oh my Morris, you are blessed to see these creatures!
Hat's off to your for the great captures.

Thank you Robert

Morris

Feb 03, 2018 at 06:55 AM


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