How to Find and Photograph Snowy Owls at the New England Coast

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The ”How to Find and Photograph Series” educates about species, environments, ethics, and photography tips to inspire you to more deeply connect with nature and improve your outdoor photography. In this episode, I present my Snowy Owl photography project to help you understand more about the snowy owl and how to use this information to ethically find and photograph this amazing species. I also offer an overview of ethically photography, flight shots, photographing the broader landscape at the coast, and the other species at the coast.
Blog Version with the photos: www.jwelchphoto.com/how-to-fi...
Gallery with some of my favorite photos featured in the video: www.jwelchphoto.com/snowy-owl...
Full Ethics Discussion mentioned in the video:
Audubon Society Birding Ethics Snowy Owl Viewing Ethics - NH Audubon
Great Snowy Owl photography book with detailed natural history overview that I gained a lot of information from Amazon.com: Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History: 9781680513158: Bannick, Paul: Books
#snowyowl #wildlifephotography

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@cher-amirose7109 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful photography. And thank you for educating others. I learned a lot.

@johnwelchphotography Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am glad that it was educative. The lives of snowy owls in the winter are fascinating and I am blessed to get to observe them this far "south."

@yuqin405 Жыл бұрын

So educational and informative

@johnwelchphotography Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you found some value in it! Thanks for watching and commenting.

@vickymeissner510 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy it and learned, and I loved your last words about photography

@johnwelchphotography Жыл бұрын

I am glad! Thank you so much!

@EricGebhard 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video John. Really enjoyed it and learned quite a bit also. I hope many other take your Snowy Owl ethical tip to hart. Give wildlife the space it needs and let it live naturally.

@johnwelchphotography 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Eric, thanks so much, I appreciate it! Yes, I definitely hope the ethics gets across. There are other points beyond giving them space (ie not to try and feed them, make fake mouse noises) but that is the most pressing one and I was hoping to offer a different perspective on what "the shot" is that people are seeking beyond the very tight close up. It was fun to research more about them too.

@tstckli5032 Жыл бұрын

great work man! really did enjoy it! nice shots.

@johnwelchphotography Жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out! Appreciate the kind feedback!

@jeielshamblee8637 5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure why I haven't seen this before. YT algorythm basically. It just occors to me that I would want to use my longest lens (200-600) for owls. I would anyway, but my 2nd longest (70-200) just wouldn't be long enough for that. I have yet to see another person with a "super telephoto" lens. I imagine someone trying that with a cellphone camera. That would be a disaster.

@johnwelchphotography 5 ай бұрын

Yes you are right. For owls, the longer the lens the better. The range of super telephotos zoom lens available now helps make this more feasible. Sadly, I have seen someone try to walk up to an owl with a cell phone and you are right, the owl flushed in fear! Thanks for checking out the video and take care!