Owl from about 50 yards off Oland Rd
Close up cropped from Ist picture (100 yards)
Owl from about 1/4 mile
These are pictures of the Snowy Owl In Frederick Co, Jan 7, 2001, taken with 1.3 megapixel digital camera (Olympus D560-Z) thru Kowa TSN 821 scope with 27X scope lens and camera at about 2X telephoto. Camera just held against scope lens! See screen tips with each picture for more info.
Owl from about 50 yards with much computer enhancement. (Too much?)
From about 50 yards with minimal enhancement
B&W version
Other Bird Pictures by me
Click links to see some other folks' Snowy pictures:
David Winer
Kathy Neugebauer
Check MdOsprey starting with Dec week 2 for postings about the owl.

Birding ethics have been challenged a little due to enthusiasm about this bird.Check ABA's
birding ethics link
Link to info about using a digital camera with a scope
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