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Jody Melanson
01-14-2008, 07:52 AM
http://jmelanson.smugmug.com/photos/243104507-O.jpg

Model = Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Exposure Time = 1/1600"
F Number = F8
Exposure Program = Manual
ISO Speed Ratings = 400
Metering Mode = Spot
Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length = 400mm
Color Space = sRGB
Exposure Mode = Manual exposure
Baited
Handheld with Bushhawk
70% of frame

Just got back from spending a weekend with some gorgeous Snowy Owls. This image was created the first day as the Sun was getting low in the sky nearing sunset. I removed the yellow cast from the Sun as I like the white of these stunning raptors. I cropped this as I clipped her/his front wing. I may try to rebuild it later...
Ed Miller
01-14-2008, 08:54 AM
What a magnificent creature! I love the eye, light, and detail. I'm not sure about the cropped wings.
David Hemmings
01-14-2008, 08:59 AM
Wow, this is a beautiful close up Jody, I love the whites as well and I like the icy blue in the bg:cool:
Chris van Rooyen
01-14-2008, 10:10 AM
Agree with all the positive points below, a really striking image:D. Pity about the clipped right wing at the top.
Ted Busby
01-14-2008, 10:11 AM
Nice eye; with good details..I thought that I would have liked to entire owl in the shot..But this has lots of impact.
Manos Papadomanolakis
01-14-2008, 11:01 AM
Great flight shot!!!
Glenn Bartley
01-14-2008, 11:11 AM
Your owl images this winter are making me extremely jealous :)
Rosl Roessner
01-14-2008, 12:37 PM
Wow, beautiful colours and I like the strong eye!
Where did you meet the snowy owls?
Fabs Forns
01-14-2008, 12:41 PM
Great in your face of this beauty, Jody.

You and Dave head my black list now :)
Brandon Holden
01-14-2008, 02:16 PM
Nice Grab Jody - the blue bg makes me think of a watery marsh... I'm guessing it became blue like this during the colour correction on the owl? or was it just the normal saturation processing for the picture?
Jody Melanson
01-14-2008, 03:57 PM
Nice Grab Jody - the blue bg makes me think of a watery marsh... I'm guessing it became blue like this during the colour correction on the owl? or was it just the normal saturation processing for the picture?

It was ice. That was the colour of it. Thanks Brandon! :)