Prince of the north

[Yves Matteau]

Canon 40D
1/1250sec
F/8
ISO 500
EV. +0.33
300 MM

On a snowy and overcast sky, we had the chance to walk very slowy and close to this snowy owl, observed it quite a while and suddenly it walked a few steps towards us, stopped and all of a sudden took off. Very impressive experience indeed!!

[Doug Brown]

I like the raised foot with exposed talon. There's a slight blue cast to the whites which should be easy to correct. I'd also like to see a bit more room up top and to the left.

[Fabs Forns]

Got to love tha talon. Agree with Doug's evaluation and will add to have some of the noise removed off the snow.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Great comments from Doug and Fabs. I love the action you captured here and the lovely eye contact. Woulc love to have this one in my files. Thanks for sharing Yves.

[Linda Robbins]

I love the walking pose with the raised foot. Good eye contact. Agree that the image is a little tight. I enjoyed reading how you captured the shot.

[Maxis Gamez]

I would also leave more room all around.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely posture and "presence". I agree on more space around the bird and a slight warming of the image overall.

[Manjeet & Yograj Jadeja]

nice timing, more room towards left and below would convey the feeling that it is running towards your even better