Look Who Just Turned 20K!!

Wow, how time flies. This milestone had completely slipped by me, until Gail pointed it out in my previous thread. Little did I know when I joined BPN 8 (eight!!) years ago that I would cross the 20K comments threshold! Lots has gone by during that time, but BPN has always remained the best online photography forum community...thanks to all you guys for making that happen so consistently:S3:.

Anyhow, here is a Snowy Owl proudly posing for a portrait - this is the same individual as my previous post. At this point the clouds made for neat blue/white areas and I just lined those colours up to best suit the portrait and waited for the head angle I wanted.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, natural light, handheld, 1/400s., f/8, ISO 800, FF. The eye to our left was a tad darker so I tweaked its' luminosity and colour to match the other.

If money and time was no object I would be photographing these owls at every available opportunity ,as per normal Daniel a wonderful shot

Congrats on the 20K posts and what a way to celebrate!

Lovely portrait with great BG to go with it. I like the composition, you have left enough of the legs. As always with snowies the eyes just draw you in

TFS

I must say that you do have some beautiful birds to photograph in N.America and time after time you make the very best of them. Another beauty Daniel. Congratulations on your milestone.
David

Hey Dan 20k and not a grey hair in sight, nice one. :w3
I think the subject is well chosen considering the amount of time you spend with them, another fine portrait, congratulations and thanks for all the hard work behind the scenes too. :cheers:

TFS
Steve

Congrats on the 20K Dan, thanks for all your efforts.

Another lovely snowy shot, love the way he wits out against the BG, stunning bird.

Mike

Daniel:

Fine photo, but the milestone is a tribute to literally years of steadfast dedication to BPN and its members. We are all the better for it.

My heartfelt thanks and congratulations.

Cheers

Randy

Hi Daniel, congratulations on 20,000 posts, quite a milestone. Your advice and suggestions have improved me as a photographer and the images I capture. Thank you for your help. The Snowy Owl is gorgeous. Do I wish they came to Florida. Thank you for sharing.

Daniel - Congrats on 20,000 and thanks for all you do around here. A very fitting post and a beautiful portrait Love the way it pops against that bg and the eyes.

TFS,
Rachel

Sweet! A fine image for the milestone. Congratulations, and thanks for all of your helpful input over the years.

Congrats on the 20K, Dan. Your comments are always constructive and your post are examples for all of us...such as this one.

Thanks for all the time you take here, your work is always a pleasure to view.

Beautiful image, details of this Snowy are wonderful. I particularly like the soft background that is darker blue at top and bottom and then softly moves to wispy white to frame the bird. Great composition. Your posting milestone is to be appreciated by all of us as you always move around the forum and help all of us with our own work. Thank you.

Congratulations Dan, the image is great and your services to the website are much appreciated by all members including the Mods! And just maybe especially the Mods, you are always there when I need help so here's a personal thank you.!!

Hi Dan, excellent exposure all round, sharp, and those eyes are memerising.

I congratulated you on your previous post, and I will do it again. Big congrats on 20000 posts. :cheers:

What a great Snowy Daniel! No nits from me on this one :)

20k !!! That's a lot of helpful comments. Thank you for you part in making BPN so awesome!

Ross

Well done Dan and a big thank you for helping me. If it wasn't for you, and others, like you, on here, I wouldn't be where I am now. and the image aint bad either :w3

Will

Gorgeous image, and a second to all the comments and thank-yous above!

Congratulations on the 20K and another might fine image!

Congrats on 20K post! So many great images you have shared with us!

needless to say great handling of the whites here

cheers :cheers:

Congrats on 20k:cheers:,very nice portrait,good exposure,nice details.TFS.

Congrats again Daniel!
Love the BG colors and the details in the whites,
Gail

Congrats Daniel! I learned a lot from your comments and posts here. I think this photo is a perfection to me! :)

Hi Daniel, congrats on passing the 20K mark and a very lovely image to boot. A little bit of light helps bringing out the details on the fur. Lovely eye contact on both eyes. Loi

Wow 20,000 posts that's a lot of dedication to this forum. You are one of the anchors here and we all appreciate your effort and your Beautiful images. I love this female owl you have been shooting. Congratulations Daniel.