Snowy Owl in the UK (1 Viewer)

nigelblake

don't re member

• Aug 28, 2003

• #1

Over the last three days I have made the pilgrimage to North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. to see (and photograph) the immature male Snowy Owl.
The bird was showing extremely well and at one point I was within 30 feet of him, with nearly 200 images in the can, including some flight shots, I returned home very happy indeed.

Nigel

 

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Steve Gross

Well-known member

• Aug 28, 2003

• #2

Nigel:

Your pic is sharp and really shows the 'personality' of the bird, as do the other shots I've seen of yours. Snowy Owl is definitely a must-see bird for me, and I hope I get as intimate an encounter as you had. Wonderful work.

Steve in Houston

 

John Marshall

Well-known member

• Aug 28, 2003

• #3

Great picture Nigel, I am sure your long trek was well worth while when you produce such wonderful stuff, Brilliant!

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Aug 28, 2003

• #4

Definitely a journey that was worth making. Was it all planned before hand or did you go off finding your way (transport) as you went.

 

IanF

Moderator

• Aug 28, 2003

• #5

Beautiful image Nigel of a lovely looking and seldom seen bird. not one you'll come across every day.

 

k.k.stevenson1

Well-known member

• Aug 28, 2003

• #6

One of the best i have ever seen .Great shot Nigel.

 

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jakobs

Well-known member

• Aug 28, 2003

• #7

Brilliant, do us a favor and show us some more pics from your trip

 

Richard Ford

BF Member

• Aug 28, 2003

• #8

Amazing Shot Nigel as usual.

I would love to see this species in the wild but am unlikely to see this bird :-C .
I agree with jakobs i would love to see some more... please...

You do seem to like your Owls Nigel ?
Then who can blame you they are great birds and you certainly do them justice with your images. :t:

Thanks

Rich

 

nigelblake

don't re member

• Aug 28, 2003

• #9

Many thanks to all, there was no planning as such, just dropped everything and went.
I will post a few more later on my web-site, but at the moment I am trying to catch up with the the very mundane but so much more urgent Vat returns.
I do indeed love Owls this being one of my most favourite, so fantastic to see a wild one in such awesome condition and so close.............

 

stevo

Well-known member

• Aug 29, 2003

• #10

Cracking shot Nigel,thanks for sharing it.

 

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peteh

Well-known member

• Aug 30, 2003

• #11

What a great bird!
(plus great photo of course

 

Red_Kite

Active member

• Aug 30, 2003

• #12

That is one amazing photo! What a gorgeous bird. The closest I get to Snowies is the rescued ones at the owl sanctuary near me. Thanks for sharing it Nigel!

 

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willimac

Well-known member

• Sep 10, 2003

• #13

A truly amazing photo nigel, as all of your shots seem to be, just for the record and purely out of interest what camera, lenses etc do you use.

 

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smeltmill

Well-known member

• Sep 10, 2003

• #14

Dear Nigel,

A superb picture thank you for posting it.
With your blessing I will use it as wallpaper.

Regards.
Gordon Boreham-Styffe.

 

nigelblake

don't re member

• Sep 10, 2003

• #15

Many thanks again, yes it can be used as wallpaper. It was taken with a Canon EOS1Ds and 600mm f4 IS lens.

 

safariranger

Well-known member

• Sep 10, 2003

• #16

Nigel - Excellent picture!! The clarity is amazing and the fact that you were able to get so close is even more amazing.
Job well done.

 

Paul Rule

Well-known member

• Sep 11, 2003

• #17

Nigel

Thanks for sharing yet another great shot.

I seem to remember a rather nasty post recently asking what you ever did for this site, I think the answers at the top of this page.

Paul

 

Woody

Well-known member

• Sep 11, 2003

• #18

Hear hear Paul!

Nigel, I continue to be astounded at the quality of your photography.

Woody

 

Doug

Well-known member

• Sep 11, 2003

• #19

I wonder if it would be possible to have an area of the gallery where members could post phot's in a large enough size to make them available for wallpaper on members PC's. We could limit the use to personal.

I, for one, love having bird related wallpapers to rotate on my machine?

Thoughts everyone?

 

steve_nova

Well-known member

• Sep 11, 2003

• #20

What an excellent photo. You never fail to delight with your excellent work Nigel.