Great Gray Owl Full Feather Spread.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the "full" look this guy / gal gave here. The thick wingspread and full tail spread is just about perfect!

Canon 7D + 100-400L @200mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/3200s., f/8, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small rotation and crop (just about FF), a couple of imperfections" in the BG cloned and patched out. Baited.

[stuart wanuck]

Just lovely

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Truly amazing wing spread, I guess it cant get better than this Dan. Super shot.

[Rhys Marsh]

I feel as if I'm about to be snatched up by this beautiful bird. And you managed to capture phenomenal light as well! Truly stunning.

[Mitchell Kranz]

Amazing capture!
WOW

[Greg Oakley]

Superb capture Daniel!
Cheers, Greg

[arash_hazeghi]

man I can't wait!

[Brendon Cremer]

Superb image, just love it, well exposed with great detail and the wing spread just add so much, great image very well captured.

[Shawn Zierman]

Great composition, particularly in regards to the background. I also like the "full" look of the ggo's pose and excellent
condition of the plumage. The bounce light from the snow is so great!

[shane shacaluga]

Another wonderful shot! hahaha just got to love those puppet feet!

[HadiAnsari]

well exposed with great detail and the wing spread

[Karl Egressy]

Another amazing shot, Daniel. This is the year of the GGOW for you guys, lucky to be so close.
The six hour drive one way holds me back to be honest. (Done it a few years ago, coming back in snow storm.)

[Andrew Merwin]

Superlative.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Love the angle, excellent stuff Daniel.

[David Salem]

Great display of every feather. Techs look great as usual and I like the trees and snow in the BG. Very cool.

[Bill Dix]

Yet another wonderful GGOW image to make us all jealous. Terrific detail in this one, as in the others. The BG makes this one unique.

[P-A. Fortin]

Another amazing shot, Daniel. This is the year of the GGOW for you guys, lucky to be so close.
The six hour drive one way holds me back to be honest. (Done it a few years ago, coming back in snow storm.)

I guess it has to be the same in Ottawa, but in Quebec, I've been told that mentions of the GGOW (and also NHOW actually) are at a peak that was not seen in the last 20 years. Usually it goes up and down on about a 4-year cycle, but this is a record year.

Who knows when such an opportunity may come around again.

[Diane Miller]

Spectacular! The BG adds to it wonderfully.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Those are wings are meant for floating in silently and pouncing on prey, and you have shown their structure so well. A beauty.

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Daniel! I like the wing/tail positions, exposure, IQ and composition.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

This is probably one of my favorite poses posted yet. What a great intent stare and I too love the full look. Great image, worth frozen toes for me :)

[Nick Palmieri]

These owl images just keep getting better! Beautiful wing spread, nice environment, and the techs looks perfect. TFS

[Joe Murphy]

Top shot Daniel, excellent feather spread, the Owl must of almost been on top of you.

[Robert Holguin]

Another amazing shot!!!!
I really like the comp here. Excellent wing position, and details are great.
The oof trees in the background really shows it's environment very well.
Well done.

[Doug Brown]

Super shot Daniel! Wish I was still there!