Snowy Owl (baited)

[Nicolas Frève]

Taken this afternoon. Québec, Canada



D3, 500mm VR, Manual Mode, 1/2000 sec., f/9, ISO 500, WB @ 5560K


Thanks for looking.

[Don Anderson]

Love the softness with detail, and the excellent control of the whites.
Really nice work.

[Tony Whitehead]

Stunning bird, Nicolas. Eye is perfectly sharp and leaps out against the blue. I have tried a version removing the blue cast from the white masked to the bird and then darkening and saturating the sky a little followed by some tonal adjustments in Nik Color Efex to bring out a bit of plumage detail. Would also work as a landscape crop with more canvas on the left to fly into. Well done.

[Richard Stern]

Beautiful image, and I agree with Tony's comments - but I prefer the original colors, for the rather ghostly effect of a silent white bird against a winter sky.

Richard

[Markus Jais]

Fantastic shot. Great light and colors. I like the wing pose. Excellent exposure.

Markus

[Steve Large]

Very nice capture. The handling of the whites is superb. Don't see too many shots of the all white mature male birds with this much feather detail.

Steve

[Luis Villablanca]

This feels like a flying ghost...
Excellent exposure, pose and detail on the bird.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent shot and Tony's repost is an improvement, love the yellow eyes!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow, just loved the Expo here.. would also try a horizontal crop.. still looks great..

[Stephen Earle]

What a beautiful bird. I like Tony's repost. TFS.

[Nicolas Frève]

Thanks for your comments and suggestions.:)

[Bert De Tilly]

Very nice shot Nic, I like the eye contac, and the wide open wings.