Flight images are very dramatic and impressive but once in a while a "static" scene can be just as effective. On this particular day it was a very windy and cold day, with the owl preferring to hunker down near some dry vegetation. Hope you like the simplistic approach to this one :-)
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/6.3, ISO 800, small crop for comp, a few stray twigs cloned out, the eyes enhanced both in luminosity and saturation (a downside of cloudy days with this species), boosted contrast to personal taste.
Japanese painting. The centered composition is perfect here.
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Lovely image. I think the composition is beautiful. The dry vegetation frames the owl, the white of the owl on the white of the snow compliments each other.
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Graeme, I don't see any corned beef.... Did you mean harsh?
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I love the way the snow and white plumage of the owl has simplified the image like a blank page, the dark parts of the owl and vegetation have been drawn on beautifully, also good how you have added a splash of yellow colour with the eyes, nice one Daniel!
Gorgeous. No nits; all said above. I could also imagine other comps, giving you a number of beautiful images from a single frame, but it is a winner just as posted.
Snowy Owl in Winter Habitat.
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Originally Posted by Graeme Cox
