Blizzard Birds

[Loupey]

Our wild and weird week of weather ended with a snow blizzard of historic proportions here in central Ohio. Starting Friday afternoon and ending Saturday early evening, we received 20.5" of snow. Despite a Level 3 snow emergency in our neighboring county (where I shot these), I wanted to see how the wildlife was faring.

Shot at a park near a birdfeeder. The desperate state of the birds allowed me to get really close to them. It took me a few minutes to notice a red-tailed hawk sitting quietly in branches about 25' feet away. But he was against the white overcast sky so I didn't shoot him for than a few images.

Anyway, my 3 month old Canon 40D died right there on the spot. Will have to see what Canon has to say about that.

[AgingEyes]

Nice shots as usual !

Sorry about your Canon. I'm not sure what they'd say to you, but I'm quite sure they won't ask you to switch to Nikon though

[BFiredup]

Awesome shots....I just love..love..love your pictures....

Wonder why your camera died? I got mine for Christmas, and I don't want anything to go weird with it....Mercy...

[scott-devon]

Very nice shots, sorry to hear about your camera. That would really have me going.

[Loupey]

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment.

Yeah, the camera thing is a bummer. The strange thing is, I've had the 30D out in colder temperatures for a lot longer. This time, as before, I had snow accumulating on the inside of my 300mm lens hood. I actually thought that my lens might start giving me problems earlier in the day because of the weather - ironic timing. We'll see. I put a thread in the Canon forum and will update it once know what happened and what the fix is/was.


One last shot from that day. This shot seems to accurately represent the general feelings of the critters that day...

[Canon_Bob]

Nice shots Loupey! I too am curious about the verdict on your 40D. We are coming into the rainy season here in another 6 weeks or so, and I need to be sure the 40D can handle that! If it makes you feel any better, I had a casualty this weekend as well. Dropped my 300mm f/4 and it landed right on the front element. No damage to the tube, but the front element has some significant scratches. I'll be shipping it back for repair.

[Byron Lentz]

Great shots!

[slayer7124]

Even the snow cant stop you from taking great pictures, haha.