Snowy Owl

[David Hemmings]

Image captured this Saturday late in the afternoon fading sun...

Canon 1D MK 111 / 500 f4 / 1/2000th @ f5.6 ISO 400 / handheld / manual exp / AI servo / 1 point center focus / no flash

http://avianart.smugmug.com/photos/243298666-O.jpg

[Chris van Rooyen]

Classic posture, whites well controlled, I like the suggestion of habitat in the background. Awesome bird and image! Could perhaps be a tad sharper (?)

[Ted Busby]

Just as I remeber it....

Nice background inclusion; wing spread; color & lighting.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the light and the colors!!!

[Harold Stiver]

Nicely had whites and beautiful light. As a personal preference I would give him a tad more room to the left to move into. Nicely done.

[Glenn Bartley]

A superb image David. Well done!

[Fabs Forns]

Can I have one???

Will trade for Anhinga :D

[Marko Matesic]

Wonderful feather detail,great light.
Nice job on this one!
Kind regards.

[Stephen Stephen]

Dave, I heard from Ted and Gary that it was a wonderful day. I wish that I could have seen what you've captured so well.

[David Hemmings]

Can I have one???

Will trade for Anhinga :D

LOLOLOL....get up here and you can have one:cool:

[Fabs Forns]

LOLOLOL....get up here and you can have one:cool:

May have to do that soon ;)

[Sean McMahon]

Beautiful warm light! Great capture.

[Brandon Holden]

Great shot David... These birds never seem to make it far enough south to my side of the lake... so I might have to travel up north a bit to get these guys! Looks a little soft for this presentation, but i'm asuming its due to making the image smaller for web (just not enough pixels to show a lot of detail in some places)

[Raymond Barlow]

awesome David... looks good from here.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This makes me so envious. I've never seen this species and would love to photograph it. Well done, great pose, light and BG.

[Tom Callahan]

This is a great image. great lighting and pose. Looks like he is eyeballing you. I'm even more impressed that you did this hand held with a 500mm F/4.