Snowy Owls on The Day of New Years Eve. We got a heads up and drove off into the country beautiful.

[@jbear4662]

very nice. thanks so much about promoting keeping your distance. It is very important these days. all season long but in winter any animal that needs to waste there energy can mean the difference between life and death. thank you and nice work

[@bellasvistas3463]

Thanks J.B. Appreciate your watching. Mike

[@MrArgoma]

Preciosa ave, desde luego merece la pena viajar para observarla. Grandes fotografías 😀👍-

[@bellasvistas3463]

Thanks very much 😀

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Owls are absolutely fantastic and I totally get why your friend has all these images. They are absolutely fantastic! Specially the 4 of the them together makes a special story. I hope one day you will catch one closer in snow so you can that this extreme minimalistic shot of it. Grt guido

[@bellasvistas3463]

Went out today, didn't see even one. It's taken years of searching to find the ones I have so far.

[@anvil49]

Great vid and images.

[@bellasvistas3463]

Thanks very much 😀..really enjoyed this

[@peterosborne9802]

Beautiful shots of the snowy owl, thankyou. Happy New year to you and yours. Peter.

[@bellasvistas3463]

Thanks so very much. Mike

[@jpsteiner2]

Wonderful owls photos. Thank you for respecting the owls and giving them distance.

[@bellasvistas3463]

Thanks very much, J.P. it was great fun

[@waynearchibald3920]

Nice Michael! And happy new year to you!

[@bellasvistas3463]

Hi Wayne, thanks very much. Mike

[@CØRBØxRobertFülöp]

Happy New Year! Great shots Michael!

[@bellasvistas3463]

Thanks! You too !thanks very much

[@corvusaeternus]

Beautiful creatures!

[@bellasvistas3463]

Thanks for watching it was a fun video to make.

[@Nwbama]

Nice! I hope to see one someday and get some shots.

[@MrCopper4]

Great shots

[@bellasvistas3463]

Thanks very much. Mr. C.

[@thedarkslide]

Happy New Year!!

[@bellasvistas3463]

Absolutely! You too.

[@garydubberly6608]

Always enjoy your photos. I been following you since my wife and I were in Newfoundland photographing Puffins in June of 2024. You are a wizard with your OM-1. I shoot the OM-1 also with the 300mm but I have not tried the MC-20 with it. Were you able to get your photos handheld with the MC-20? Your 150-400 does a wonderful job as well. It is obvious you love your photography, thanks for sharing .

[@bellasvistas3463]

Thanks Gary: Yes I have had great success with the 300mm & MC20. I usually shoot at F8.0 (WO) and have gotten amazing results at slower speeds. Sometimes I will rest the lens on the window in my car with a pad under it for support. The stabilization is excellent best thing is try a few practice shots to see how far you can push it. I think you will be amazed.

[@macwestcanon]

Happy new year to you and your family. What do you do to the files to blow up 20 x 30 on a smaller sensor?

[@bellasvistas3463]

Hi Mac: Happy New Year to you too! I try to keep the ISO as low as possible, use denoise in Lightroom and then use OnOne Resize or Gigapixl if necessary. I find the OM1 has a great sensor. I have used Olympus since the film OM1, all the E-Series cameras with great results. Thanks. You might enjoy this one... th-cam.com/video/wamzFblyYfs/w-d-xo.html