Snowy Glow

• Prize
• Photographer
  Richard Seeley, United States
• Studio
  Richard Seeley Photography
• Website
  http://www.richardseeleyphotography.com

My first encounter with a snowy owl was on the tundra above the
Arctic Circle while in search of polar bears. I fell in love with these
beautiful owls and hoped to someday be able to get a closer,
sharper, higher quality photograph than the one I shot that day.
Over the next four years I have traveled to South Dakota where 30
were reported at Lake Andes. No luck. Traveled to Vancouver
several times, where 20 were reported, but did not get THE shot. I
made numerous trips to the fields near Denver International Airport
for a reported snowy owl. I never found it.
It could be considered an obsession.
Finally on a trip to Calgary, Canada where the snowy owls are
known to frequent, I captured the photograph that I thought that I
would never see. A male snowy owl (all white), flying towards the
camera at sunset.
My obsession has been cured.