Snowy Owl

[Guy Germain]

Hi,

Taken in February 2007.

EOS-1D Mark II N + EF400mm f/5.6L USM.

http://pages.videotron.com/mesange/s_owl.jpg

[Mark Schmitt]

Nice composition; the bird is well exposed (female?). Loss of some detail in the whites; but white on white is hard to meter. Nice image. ;-)

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ah yes, a sign of things to come. Some have already been reported in our area...quite early, but no one is complaining :-) I wish the head angle was different - either more towards us just so the far eye would not be just a black spot, or less so it is completely hidden. All-in-all very nice!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

A great unusual image...........congrats!!!
I Iike the pose,eye contact and composition!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the unusual pose, setting and angle. Could you post the complete techs?

[Guy Germain]

Thanks for your comments.

Unfortunately, for horizontal shot the bird never look me.



http://pages.videotron.com/mesange/AF_s_owl.jpg

http://pages.videotron.com/mesange/exif_s_owl.jpg

[Charles Glatzer]

Nice composition; the bird is well exposed (female?). Loss of some detail in the whites; but white on white is hard to meter. Nice image. ;-)

White on white should not be harder ;).

Spot meter the snow and start at plus 2 full stops EV, the more overcast the more you can add another .3 in EV. Nikon starts at plus 1.3 EV, except for the D3 which I have found to be similar to Canon.

You are simply placing the white tonal value where it should be on the histogram.

Best,

Chas

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great shot, I like the fact that he/she is not looking right at you. Congratualtions!