Theme: SNowy Owl

[Tim Harding]

Canon 7D Mk II | 500mm f/4 IS
1/2000 @ f/6.3 ISO 800
February 2015

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Tim, I like the owl in its habitat. what a beauty. I'd try to get a bit more details out of the face, may be using Nik if you have it. Loi

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the habitat, the snow and the weeds. Good eye contact too but the owl is soft and noisy. It looks like the RAW was soft and strong sharpening accentuated the noise.

TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Great image Tim, showing this beauty in habitat. The dry vegetation adds so much.

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Tim, nice snowy shot! I like the composition. Noise jumped out at me first, particularly in the OOF vegetation. There seems to be a blue color cast on the bird and snow, nothing that WB can't fix. Was this a large crop?
TFS-Ross

[Frank Schauf]

Nice in habitat shot, Tim.

[D. Robert Franz]

Like the image but has a few issues as discussed. I would guess atmospheric distortions caused the softness issues.. Composition is excellent!

[Mike Poole]

Stunning bird in nice natural surroundings, but the softness unfortunately takes away the impact the shot deserves.

Mike

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, composition and setting. Good advice above to improve this excellent image. Well done Tim.