I saw a report on e-bird of a snowy less than 20 minutes from me a couple of weeks ago so I decided to check the spot out. I found him sitting on a rock pile right beside the road. I was able to pull right up to him with my pickup and he even fell asleep for a while as I wore the shutter button out lol.
I eventually parked my truck a little farther down the road and walked very slowly into the field where the rock pile was to get a better angle with less branches in front of him.I spent almost a hour with him and the decided to let him be. This is a slight crop from right and bottom . Heavy overcast
No baiting for this one.
detail extractor on the owl only and added some black with a levels adjustment layer then used smart sharpen on the owl only. noise reduction on the background and cloned out a couple of branches bottom right.
1DIV 400mm f6.3 1/800 iso 800 , hand held
Love the direct stare and the image quality. Nice to see this type of habitat included as well. This is a refreshing change from the typical shot that I see and have taken of snowys on the beach. Only thing I would do is bring up the brightness a touch. Very nice overall.
Nicely composed, and framed by the vegetation. The rock perch is very cool. I'd be tempted to lift the eyes a tad, but being careful not to make them look artificial. Beautiful image.
co-operative Snowy Owl
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