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Rodolfo Quinio
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Snowy Owl & Her Prey © (Explore)
Snowy Owl & Her Prey © (Explore)

DSC_2260 @ Island Beach State Park • a lifer

My 1st on Explore (#345)
In Explore 2015-01-20

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Taking the image of Snowy took a lot of effort. The first one was waking up @ 3:30 a.m. & leaving the house @ 4:30 a.m. for a 3 hour drive to Seaside Park, NJ where Island Beach State Park is located. IBSP is a barrier island on the Atlantic Ocean.

Met by chance a few friends whose objective was to take an image of Snowy in IBSP. We organized ourselves to cover the whole length of the 10 mile beach front.
I personally walked 4 miles without finding Snowy. Finally, after 3 hours from the start of the search, I finally got a call from one of the members of the search party who found Snowy. From the nearest parking lot to the location where Snowy was I had to walk 2 miles. After the photo shoot, I had to walk back another 2 miles. Altogether I walked 8 miles just to get Snowy.

The hard part of the walk was carrying photo gear weighing 18 lbs. Walking on the beach was quite difficult due to walking across the slope of the beach & sinking sand. It is also worth mentioning we also had to endure the very cold temperature in the 30s F with very strong winds.

Finally, it was just pure determination & adrenaline that moved me to keep going. Was it worth it? Yes, it was well worth it.

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Taken on: January 19, 2015
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