Number of factors come into play when attempting to photograph the Great White Owls from the North.

– first off you start by putting in many hours and driving many miles in order to succeed.
– you would need to search out locations with habitat that may provide a good food source.
– areas with signs, posts and poles are something the owls use to perch on and hunt from.
– understanding not every owl is cooperative and many fly off before getting a chance to lift the camera.
– direction of approach…paying attention to location of the sun and taking into account any wind
– patience…slow and easy is the best bet and can take minutes or hours.
– attempting to anticipate what may occur…sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
– it’s just that simple.

Some owls tend to be more approachable than others…as was the case on a recent visit out-n-about.
Of coarse it’s a Snowy and by size and the very dark black markings I would say a juvenile female.

I’m no expert but I’m going with that.

After spending a short amount of time with her she began to move around a bit on the pole.
She seemed focused on something that I’ll assume was a possible meal ?

At this point it was easy to tell that she was about to take flight when she went into the crouched position.