Snowy Owl

[Glenn Bartley]

I had never seen a snowy owl until yesterday :)

Camera Model: Canon EOS 50D
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 8
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congrats on your first snowy. I know that feeling. :) Great details and eye contact and I might lighten the eye that is not sunlit and maybe some S/H on the plumage?

[Bruce Enns]

Hey Glenn, Great shot! I like the composition, eye contact, the perch and the background. Exposure looks right on to me. I haven't seen a snowy either...congrats! Where was this taken?

Cheers!
Bruce

[Glenn Bartley]

Where was this taken?

I am in Ontario now visiting family....so not a BC bird...

[John Chardine]

Nice Glenn. The fence perch and surrounding branches add a lot. The image looks very dark on my work monitor and wonder if a boost in brightness may be useful? I checked the image in Ps and Levels and there's lots of room to nip in the whites and then give the midtones a lighten. May have to be selective so that the head whites are not blown as you do this.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Beautiful perch and setting for this photo. Looks a tad dark to me as well.

[Grady Weed]

I agree with John and Joe. Brighten it up some and it's a winner.

[Art Kornienko]

I might have cloned out the two weeds on the left, and tried to lighten a bit. I really like the way the Snowy is sitting on the logs and displaying his sharp claws. I also like the shape of the logs. The composition is quite striking and very nice.

[Tony House]

Great feeling when you get a new species in the view finder, especially one a beautiful as this....

Nice work.
Tony