Beach Bird

Gallery: AvianPosted January 20, 2014208 views12 comments

My wife and I went for a walk this afternoon along the ocean to a natural breach which opened up during Hurricane Sandy. The area is part of the National Seashore and as such there is no development and no vehicles are allowed in the area - though since the breach opened up there has been an increase in people taking the walk down. We were really looking for fox that had been reported - but always keeping an eye out for Owls (particularly this winter). As I was searching the dunes my wife exclaimed she had found one (she has found all of them this season for me) and we proceeded to enjoy some nice photography/views of another one of these beautiful birds.

Nikon D7100 300mm f4 + 1.7X TC HH lying down in sand
f/6.7
1/1000s
ISO 800
Cropped Mode

Full Frame, minor adjustments in LR5 and CS5

- Luke

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 20, 2014 at 9:39 PM

I like the way the shapes of the dunes work with the owl and the winter beach palette in this image, Luke.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 21, 2014 at 12:40 AM

Sweet natural habitat here, and a great owl. Glad you guys found him again!
Nice to be able to say "my wife", huh? :-)

Sandy

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Comment posted by David Rowe on January 21, 2014 at 1:29 AM

The setting is absolutely magic - you did right in not effecting a closer crop. The composition and color balance convey to the full, the prevailing weather conditions. Well done , Luke.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 21, 2014 at 3:06 PM

Lucky you with such a terrific species - on a stroll

. Nice composition ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on January 21, 2014 at 5:29 PM

Terrific composition affording a great sense of the habitat they seek. Wonderful to be seeing so many of them here in the Northeast. Nice work Luke.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 21, 2014 at 7:05 PM

The large view reveals excellent details, really like this setting Luke.
Sure would love to be there & see this 'natural breach' as you call it.. and the snowy owls of course

Very nice!!

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on January 21, 2014 at 8:21 PM

Wonderful setting and I like they way you've composed the image, excellent shot.

Ray

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on January 22, 2014 at 11:08 AM

Very cool shot !

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 22, 2014 at 10:47 PM

A lovely setting for this species Luke

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 22, 2014 at 11:48 PM

Great setting and head turn Luke

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 24, 2014 at 9:11 AM

Nice setting and the comp works well. Way to go wife! Sharon

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on January 29, 2014 at 12:26 PM

Luke sounds like your wife is a real treasure finding these birds for you, bird in it's habitat works very well for me, always amazed to see these Owls on the beach,great capture.

Keith.

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