Raymond Lee
12-04-2012, 08:45 PM
121680
Photographed at south of Fort Saskatchewan in the Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada. Me and two other photographers attempted to go low and slow attempting to work our way through the snow-covered field for some front lit lighting on this male Snowy Owl. This owl allowed us to go as close as within 50m radius before it took off. Thankfully, the lighting was fairly diffused due to a thin layer of clouds covering the sun.
In terms of processing, it took me a bit of time to get the white balance correctly. This is about a 70% crop from the full frame. I'm sure there will be some comments about distractions, but I left it the way it is (for now) as the short grasses are minimal and it is what it is part of the environment after all.
Canon EOS 7D | Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS + Kenko 1.4x Teleplus PRO 300 DGX + Canon Extender EF 1.4x II
Manual mode, 1/800 sec., f/8, ISO 640
All C&Cs are welcome!
Thanks,
Raymond
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Photographed at south of Fort Saskatchewan in the Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada. Me and two other photographers attempted to go low and slow attempting to work our way through the snow-covered field for some front lit lighting on this male Snowy Owl. This owl allowed us to go as close as within 50m radius before it took off. Thankfully, the lighting was fairly diffused due to a thin layer of clouds covering the sun.
In terms of processing, it took me a bit of time to get the white balance correctly. This is about a 70% crop from the full frame. I'm sure there will be some comments about distractions, but I left it the way it is (for now) as the short grasses are minimal and it is what it is part of the environment after all.
Canon EOS 7D | Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS + Kenko 1.4x Teleplus PRO 300 DGX + Canon Extender EF 1.4x II
Manual mode, 1/800 sec., f/8, ISO 640
All C&Cs are welcome!
Thanks,
Raymond
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