Snowy Owl (white male)

[Guy Germain]

Hi,

Taken in March 2006.

EOS 20D + EF400mm f/5.6L USM.
@ 1/1600s, f/6.3, ISO-100, Flash Off

Thanks
Guy

[amir ben dov]

what a photo
what a bird
i really need to go for it soonest

[Doug Brown]

Pretty cool capture Guy! The bird looks like a ghost rising up from the ether. Sharp where it needs to be. Exposure looks good. ISO 100 for flight is usually a dicey proposition, but it worked for you here.

[Ed Cordes]

Wow! you handled the light coming from the left very well. Enough detail on both sides. The empty sky creating the ghostly effect Doug mentioned is just outstanding. I might even like it if the land horizon were not there and all you could see in the BG were sky.

[Bryan Hix]

Sweet capture! It looks like it's against a studio backdrop.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, angle and good sharpness. Did you bait the bird? I might lighten the eyes a bit.

[Joel Eade]

Gorgeous. Christmas card material. Great work.

[Danny J Brown]

Amazing shot, Guy - definitely Christmas Card material. This is a shot of a lifetime for many folks.

[Guy Germain]

Cool pose, angle and good sharpness. Did you bait the bird? I might lighten the eyes a bit.

Thanks everybody.

Axel,

Yes I baited this bird ! :)

Guy

[Jim Crosswell]

Exceptional image!

[Harshad Barve]

Spectacular shot
TFS

[William Currie]

Very nice image great light

[Mike Fuhr]

Wow! That's all I can say... :)

[Rosl Roessner]

What a fantastic, phantasy-like image!
Really wonderful!!!
Thanks for including the second picture!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Oh thats how you do this, great trick indeed. loved the expo here, nice compo and the pose puts this over the top. congrats..

[Betsie Storm]

This is a real "phantom owl"; lovely image, especially with the BG colour. I would really like to see one of these in real life.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Very effective, great exposure control. Good choice of ISO to control noise