Snowy Owl in flight

[Michael Snow]

I took these yesterday on Duxbury Beach, Duxbury, MA.

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Mike welcome to the avian forum,

Per forum guideline we post one photo at a time here so I deleted the 2nd photo, you can post it later in a separate thread

This is a lovely snowy owl and I like the wing position. I wish you had more eye contact and that we could see his eyes better. The man made perch is not ideal. Snowy owls are tough to expose with side light, some of the head whites appear a bit hot. Please also include the EXIF info as it will help folks with critique


TFS and welcome again

[Michael Snow]

Hi Mike welcome to the avian forum,

Per forum guideline we post one photo at a time here so I deleted the 2nd photo, you can post it later in a separate thread

This is a lovely snowy owl and I like the wing position. I wish you had more eye contact and that we could see his eyes better. The man made perch is not ideal. Snowy owls are tough to expose with side light, some of the head whites appear a bit hot. Please also include the EXIF info as it will help folks with critique


TFS and welcome again

Ok and thanks for the critique

[Marina Scarr]

Glad to see the snowies are back at Duxbury. (I am from Milton, MA so always happy to hear when there are good birds up there!) Glad to see you got the full wing span in the image. Lighting looks as though it was a bit difficult to handle, esp with a white bird. if you can photograph it in the early morning or late afternoon light it would be helpful.

Please don't forget to include your settings when you posted your images. Looking forward to seeing more of this owl!!!

[Michael Snow]

Glad to see the snowies are back at Duxbury. (I am from Milton, MA so always happy to hear when there are good birds up there!) Glad to see you got the full wing span in the image. Lighting looks as though it was a bit difficult to handle, esp with a white bird. if you can photograph it in the early morning or late afternoon light it would be helpful.

Please don't forget to include your settings when you posted your images. Looking forward to seeing more of this owl!!!

Thanks Marina, The Snowys have been on Duxbury in decent numbers the last few years. I will remember to add exif data. This photo was taken at 3:30 pm 1/23/15 using a Nikon D3s - Nikon 500mm w/1.4 tc shot at 700mm, iso 220. f 5.6, 1/1000. RAW file auto WB. The sun was just above the horizon so basically creating side lighting on the left side of the Snowy. I use Lightroom on an uncalibrated laptop for post work.