White Ghost

[Loi Nguyen]

Had a fun day shooting this female Snowy Owl in Ottawa with Daniel Cadieux. This year has been unseasonably warm, so not much snow, but we were lucky to have some snow last night. Overcast sky, so a white on white seems like a good option.

1DX
400f4 DO II
1/3200, f7.1, ISO-2000
HH
Cropped for 16 by 8, otherwise FF.
Baited

I'm pretty excited with this white on white frame, would appreciate your comments.
The 400f4 DO II is a dream lens for me for BIF in terms of sharpness, weight, AF.

Thank you for your comments.

Loi

[annmpacheco]

Loi, lovely indeed, I really like the ghostly appearance and the owls left wing and tail feathers seem to trail off as in a dream... the gold eyes are so piercing in contrast, and whoosh, it is gone!
Frame this one!

[shane shacaluga]

Cracking image Loi. White on white works for me too!

I thought it was the males with the white underwing. Or is it the other way around?

[Loi Nguyen]

Cracking image Loi. White on white works for me too!

I thought it was the males with the white underwing. Or is it the other way around?

thank you Shane. The male tends to be mostly white with only a few freckles of black and side by side they are smaller. This is a female for sure.

[shane shacaluga]

Ok thanks for the info!

[dankearl]

Nice high key image Loi, just the right amount of dark for me.

[Mike Poole]

I like the white on white look, and those eyes never fail to impress me. I'm no PP guru, but I wonder if you could just extract a subtle bit more detail out of the owl, just so the left side of the face (as we look) has a bit more definition against the BG.

Mike

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful white on white where the magical eye and the dark dots lightly pop out. I just love images like this one. TFS.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Loi, glad you had a good time! The crop works really well, and you handled the white-on-white pretty perfectly. The 400DO indeed performed ideally for you in these conditions.

[Loi Nguyen]

Hey Loi, glad you had a good time! The crop works really well, and you handled the white-on-white pretty perfectly. The 400DO indeed performed ideally for you in these conditions.

Thank you Daniel. We had a great time, didn't we? Looking forward to see you posting of this beauty. Loi

[Adhika Lie]

Beautiful. This fits into the theme of camouflage, really. The way you crop it is really nice. Thanks for sharing!

[Bill Dix]

Sweet! Perfect title. Wonderful capture of a wonderful bird. No nits from me.

[David Salem]

Man that background is sure white. The Owl looks awesome against it and it is a pretty neat effect how you only see the black details in the owl. Great that it's a Nice contrasty female. Nice frame

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Loi , lovely work !!
Well executed in field and post .
I just wish for a bit more space on both sides , does sit a bit tight in the frame for my liking .

TFS Andreas

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Loi , lovely work !!
Well executed in field and post .
I just wish for a bit more space on both sides , does sit a bit tight in the frame for my liking .

TFS Andreas

Thank you Andreas, I have a little bit more space on the right, but not left. I will likely crop a little less on the right for the final version Loi