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It is quite appropriate to mention the name of a well-known Canadian painter who currently lives in British Columbia.
It is appropriate as your picture evokes painterly quality in a good sense. Love the OOF foreground vegetation, the misty background, ruffled pose, and composition.
Beautiful work, Matthew.
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I love Bateman's work and this is truly worthy of comparison! Just gorgeous!!
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Lovely photo Matthew. My only suggestion is to check to make sure the snowies are still around in numbers before you come. The few times I have been out lately I have not seen as many.
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Beautiful work as usual, Matthew. The fog really gives it a mysterious and evocative feeling. I remember you talking about Bateman once, so I looked him up and now follow his work on Facebook, where he posts regularly. I think he would be very honored and flattered to see how your work is inspired by his. I really like your comp and the sense of habitat here, really lovely image.
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Love the atmosphere of this image, super composition, makes me feel cold looking at it, in fact I am just going to pour myself a glass of malt whisky!!
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A really evocative image, Matthew, in the best sense of the word. Beautiful image. Although it is great as is, it occurred to me that a crop of the right half of the image, framed as a vertical, might work too as an alternative view. Not better of course, just a different view. Extremely well done.
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A great mood captured. The flat light and mist add up to make a wonderful image.
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Great feel to this image. The environment is nice and I love the feathers on the bird.
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Nice work Matthew, it looks like the ideal place for photographing snowys.
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Beautiful composition! Sometimes less is more as they say and not cropping tight on the owl was a good call. The fog gives the image a true wilderness feel to it.
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What a great image. The subtle foreground tones really frame the owl nicely.
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Really beautiful. What a shot!
The mist, and the darker eyes through mist speak so much. Sets up an intense mood The amount of habitat visible also is perfect.
IMO-1.The owl sits too close to the top edge
2. the broken branch extending into larger part of the picture is somewhat distracting. Having said that, I wouldn't do anything about either as I try to keep it as natural and as shot as possible in terms of cloning out stuff
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Wow!!
Spectacular shot!!
Love the mood the fog created here.
Excellent comp and pose.
Well done.
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I like the dreamy mood and fog ambiance here w
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BPN Member
I, too, love the mood of this lovely image....
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