Snow hunter

Hello everyone

Thanks for the lovely comments on Northern Lights. Earlier in my recent trip to Finnish Lapland we were in Kuusamo where we had visited the previous year.

One of our main targets was boreal owls. We had some great opportunities to get images of Hawk Owl, one of the most beautiful Owls in the region. They really are stunning birds. The speed at which they fly is unbelievable. We had a lot of opportunities with this particular bird but in the end I only got 2 sharp images I was happy with. This is one of them.

Afterwards I learnt they are about 3 times faster than a Puffin. Which made me feel a lot better. I'm kind of glad I didn't know that at the time as I probably wouldn't have come away with any images at all of this fast and deadly silent hunter.

Brand:	Canon
Camera:	Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens:	Canon 300mm f.2.8
Recording media:	RAW (digital)
Date Taken:	2 Mar 2012 - 7:35 AM
Focal Length:	300mm
Lens Max Aperture:	f/2.8
Aperture:	f/3.5
Shutter Speed:	1/5000sec
Exposure Comp:	+2/3
ISO:	800
Exposure Mode:	Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
Flash:	No Flash

Title:	Snow hunter
Username:	Jules_Cox
Uploaded:	23 Mar 2012 - 9:12 AM
Tags:	Wildlife / nature
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