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

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

[@vuxdinh]

Great video. Informative and beautiful. Those snowy owls are truly majestic.

[@johnwelchphotography]

Thanks for watching and for the kind comment! I agree they are beautiful!

[@cher-amirose7109]

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

[@johnwelchphotography]

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."

[@vickymeissner510]

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

[@johnwelchphotography]

I am glad! Thank you so much!

[@yuqin405]

So educational and informative

[@johnwelchphotography]

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

[@EricGebhard]

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]

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]

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

[@johnwelchphotography]

Thanks for checking it out! Appreciate the kind feedback!

[@jeielshamblee8637]

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]

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!