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Bringing Home the Bacon Art Print
by Royce Howland
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Bringing Home the Bacon art print by Royce Howland. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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A hard-working male Burrowing Owl flies back to the family burrow in southeast Alberta, where 7 little owlets are clumped together waiting for food.... more
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A hard-working male Burrowing Owl flies back to the family burrow in southeast Alberta, where 7 little owlets are clumped together waiting for food. The snack on offer -- a large, black & red beetle. It looks nasty, but will be enjoyed by whichever little owl gets it. Meanwhile, the female (on the left) looks on. She stands watch over the family while the male brings home the bacon.
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About Royce Howland
All images uploaded to Fine Art America by Royce Howland are copyright © Royce Howland. All rights reserved. I am a photographer based in Calgary, Alberta. This places me amidst some of the most amazing terrain in the world, from the Canadian Rockies and prairies, to the northern Boreal forest and southern badlands. While I love to photograph around my own stomping grounds, I also enjoy traveling and have a particular attraction to the American Southwest and the UK. While my workflow is based on digital techniques, my goal is to produce an image that honors the photorealism of historical film photography, balanced with my own creative interpretation of the world. I call my work "Vivid Aspect Photography", and it is my goal to create...
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Royce Howland
Thanks for the note, JoAnn. This was a family whose location I learned of one summer a few years back. I was able to visit them periodically over the course of several weeks and watch the progression. 7 fledglings is towards the large end of the range on clutch size, and 6 of the little ones survived to begin their migration south. That was good to see because the Burrowing Owl is fairly threatened up here for many reasons, and it was a rare and amazing experience to be able to observe this family for much of the summer. I was a fair distance out from the burrow, using a long range photo setup. Between the long lens, teleconverter and camera format, this photograph was taken with the equivalent of about a 1500mm lens. For the most part the owls paid me little attention -- dad was too busy hunting, the kids were hungry, and mom judged me no threat. :) I popped my closest vehicle door, set up the tripod in the opening created, and took photos with the lens sticking through the rolled down window. When I would stop by, I just waited and watched while the family did their thing...
JoAnn SkyWatcher
Royce, what an awesome shot! Your commentary adds to the shot. How close were you when you took this? How long did you have to wait? Or did you just happen on to this family?