Snowy Owl in Winter Habitat.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Flight images are very dramatic and impressive but once in a while a "static" scene can be just as effective. On this particular day it was a very windy and cold day, with the owl preferring to hunker down near some dry vegetation. Hope you like the simplistic approach to this one :-)

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/6.3, ISO 800, small crop for comp, a few stray twigs cloned out, the eyes enhanced both in luminosity and saturation (a downside of cloudy days with this species), boosted contrast to personal taste.

[John Robinson]

Love it Daniel ! Just the right amount of contrast. A really"arty "job
Great stuff. Good for a wall hanger !
John

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Very effective. I think the vegetation helps to ground the image a bit more. Looks cold.

I could see several crop variations, a bit off the top, move him out of the center a smidge, but works very well as is.


It won't be that long till they are back (I hope!)

Cheers

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

Japanese painting. The centered composition is perfect here.

[Graeme Cox]

WOW I love this image..What a hash environment

[keith mitchell]

Work of art Daniel ,love it.

Cheers Keith.

[Tom van den Brandt]

I love it. Even if you hadn't told us you can see that it's very windy. The eye contact is nice too.

All the best, Tom

[Loi Nguyen]

Japanese painting indeed! Lovely image Daniel! Loi

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image. I think the composition is beautiful. The dry vegetation frames the owl, the white of the owl on the white of the snow compliments each other.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Just the right amount of room all around. I initially thought a pano crop would work well, but the negative space is a plus for me.

[Arthur Morris]

WOW I love this image..What a hash environment

Graeme, I don't see any corned beef.... Did you mean harsh? :S3:

[nick clayton]

I love the way the snow and white plumage of the owl has simplified the image like a blank page, the dark parts of the owl and vegetation have been drawn on beautifully, also good how you have added a splash of yellow colour with the eyes, nice one Daniel!

[Alan Murphy]

Just beautiful!!

[William Dickson]

Perfect :S3:

[Bill Dix]

Gorgeous. No nits; all said above. I could also imagine other comps, giving you a number of beautiful images from a single frame, but it is a winner just as posted.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Daniel! A very dramatic setting you captured here.

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot, Daniel! Excellent composition, exposure, pose and eye contact. TFS

[Matthew Studebaker]

Sweeeeeet!!!!. One of the best Snowy Owl images I have seen. I just love the blowing snow and (milkweed?).

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks Matthew! Yes, milkweed it is...