Snowy Owl In Pastel Sky.

[Daniel Cadieux]

What looked to be a full gray day ended with a bit of colour in the thinning clouds during the late afternoon. When this individual perched on a low fence post I aligned it with the thin band of subtle pastel colours in anticipation of the take off pose against it (almost everything outside of this frame was simply pale gray or white).

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2000s., f/4, ISO 800, natural light handheld, added canvas at left and below, cropped at right and above, removed blue cast to the subject and warmed the sky to match closest to what I remembered. Baited.

[Henry Domke]

The soft tropical colors of the background add great value.
Love the flipped-C shape of the wing flair.
The only thing I would suggest is trying a minor tweak with levels to get everything you can out of this white bird. Something like this:

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Daniel - great eye contact and wing spread. Looks great against the pastel sky.

TFS,
Rachel

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Jeesh - this is just way too good, Dan. Please stop!

[Glenn Conlan]

You and Arash are the Snowy Owl kings! The BG really makes this special your previsualization really paid off.


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[dankearl]

You are just showing off now….
Very nice.

[David Salem]

Another great frame with solid eye contact. Looks like a ton of fun!

[Don Railton]

Simply beautiful Dan.. You guys seem to have these birds on a string..

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome shot Dan, love the pastel shades of the sky. Perfect pose and eye contact.

[christopher galeski]

superb image,got to be one of your best,love the BG and pose.well done.

[eddyswan]

Love the eye contact and beautiful wing spread. Nicely done, Daniel.

[arash_hazeghi]

love the pastel BG and the great eye contact. cropped well too!

[Dave Johnson]

I can't decide which I like better, the background or the snowy! Just stunning Dan, well done.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful, love the pastel shading of the BG, it compliments the white of the owl perfectly.

[Doug Brown]

Just a fantastic shot Daniel!

[Marina Scarr]

You're killing me with this one, Daniel. The BG colors make this one extra special and that pose is just out of this world. I might consider brightening the whites just a tad.

[vishaljadhav]

Super Composition, great looking BG
I love the wing position and face
Superb IQ

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks guys! Yep, the more I look at it the more I feel I will bump the whites up a bit more.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Amazing shot Dan, I must admit I have made the whites darker and lighter using various techniques but it looks pretty darned good to me - top notch stuff! The only suggestion is a little more DOF may have been beneficial but at that distance I realise that changing the f stop would have had very little effect. So all I can say is terrific shot - just wish it was mine!!

[John Robinson]

All been said Daniel
John

[Jim Crosswell]

Great pose, IQ, eye contact, sharpness, details and BG really adds to the image. This series keeps getting better.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Daniel, I have been enjoying your recent Snowy captures as of late, I like comp. on this one and such nice eye contact. but the soft background colors are so sweet on this one.

[Amol Khedgikar]

PAstel Is right, What an amazing shot Daniel!

Love the bird itself but I also love the suttle play of colors in the BG. The bird's contrast really make the bird pop out.

I usually prefer sharp wingtips but I like the blur on the far wingtip here. Just beautiful

[Stu Bowie]

Brilliant!!!!! They dont come much better than this. How do you come back after an image like this. Very well captured.

[Jim Neiger]

This is KILLER! Well done!

[Bill Jobes]

If you keep posting beauties like this, Daniel, BPN comments will start to resemble Flickr !


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[shane shacaluga]

Super wing position and you nailed the techs on this. Like the slightly blured wingtips giving the feel of motion

BG is awesome

tfs

[mohammad reza shahab]

Great pose,IQ and eye contact.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Superb! That bg is so killer as is the pose. Those eyes are so amazing. Congratulations on this one.

[Frank Schauf]

Really nice flight shot and great details.