north american birds Snowy Owl in Flight

Wonderful shot!

Wonderful image Sean.  Well done.

...among other qualities of this wonderful picture!

Best regards Sean!

PDE

Just great

Excellent shot!  What lens?

Regards,

Dick

Thanks Dick. I was using my Nikon 200-400 (at 340mm) on a Nikon D800.

Thanks, Sean!

Superb result!  I'm envious:-)

Tripod?

Dick

No, this was handheld. I handhold almost all my wildlife shots these days with the 200-400mm. It's just small enough for me to do so and it allows me to be much more stealth with unpredictable creatures. With the vibration reduction, I'm able to get sharp results down to 1/15th of a second (not always, but a good percentage of keepers). The way I see it, I need to be at least at 1/250th or 1/125th anyway with an animal in motion. I still carry the tripod, but a smaller one and use it pretty much exclusively for landscape shots when I need longer exposure times with smaller apertures.

Sean,

Thanks!  I do the same except I'm using a D300 with the older 80-400 mm Nikkor zoom.  Good glass but slower and very slow AF...old screw type.

I use a tripod in my back yard for small birds which is helpful.  Most of my larger bird images are from a kayak.

Thanks for answering, you have steady hands and a good eyes!

Dick

Wondeful picture ! best regards, Alessandro.

Wow! Incredible capture! Regards, Pete.

Beautiful shoot !! Congrats !

Regards,

Theodor D.

Superb timing. Superb shot.

Congrats,

Peter