Stealth Bomber

[Loi Nguyen]

The Snowy Owl can glide in just inches off the ground without making a sound. I was fortunate to have a rare beautiful sunny afternoon but cold in Ottawa with Dan last February. Going thru the old files to improve my PP. My goal is to retain good details on the owl while not getting the snow gray. I like this frame since there is a catch light in one of the eyes and the horizon does not cut thru the owl.

1DX
70-200f2.8 II + 1.4X III @ 280mm
1/3200
f8
ISO-1000
HH

Owl was baited.

Thank you for your comments.

Loi

[William Dickson]

Oh yes Loi, what a lovely image. Beautiful whites. The owl looks great against the BG and the trees then blue sky compliment the image very well. If it were mine I would remove the wee bit snowball below the owl. Well done. Thanks for sharing this

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Superb image Loi, great exposure on the owl and the whites. Well done. TFS.

[Akshay Charegaonkar]

Very nice shot! The whites are very well exposed. Also love the owl's position in the frame, without the snow-treeline horizon intersecting it.

[Jonathan Ashton]

excellent shot, super composition and exposure.

[MiroslavMaric]

Hi Loi.

Great shot of nice bird in flight. I like the exposure, the white tones of snow & bird are well balanced. The wings position reminds me (as you noted) about no sound effect. TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful. Great stealth flight pose, and nice sense of environment.

[Joseph Przybyla]

A beauty Loi, thank you for sharing.

[David Salem]

Nice looking frame Loi. Love the exposure, details and natural BG. Comp looks good too. Well done

[Loi Nguyen]

Thank you everyone for your comments. Much appreciated. Loi