Snowy Owl

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken in mid March in a field close to home. It is not the best setting but it was my first encounter with these beautiful owls. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 400
1/500s
f11
EV 1.00
Tripod

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet exp light and details this must be an old fellow!

[dankearl]

I like the surroundings, the Owl looks great and nice DOF.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[Karl Egressy]

Very nice picture of a male, Jim. They are ususally more difficult to approach.

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

You have to love the yellow eyed stare here. Good techs.

Yes, simple background, but I find it effective and certainly doesn't distract from the subject.

It is interesting how most of the images we see are of juvis and females, not an adult male like you have captured.

Cheers

Randy

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

I like this setting, actually. whites look very good....so does the comp. I am wondering if f/9 would have been enough and it would have given more smooth BG...but this BG is quite smooth. You must've been really close.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. Great pose and wonderful light.
Well done.