Windy Winter Snowy

[Art Kornienko]

20D, 300 F4L IS, ISO200, F9, 1/250

[Matthew Studebaker]

I love how the snow fades the bird at the bottom of the frame like a glamour portrait. Good colors and detail - I do wish there was detail in the whites in the center of the wind-blown area of the owl's breast. I wonder if the detail could be recovered in post processing?

[Art Kornienko]

Thanks Matthew, I did try to recover whites as best I could. That doesn't mean I did a good job. I also notice now a faint dust bunny upper left hand corner.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, pose and sharpness. The whites look good here, they are bright but not overexposed. I would run NR on the BG. Nice to see snow in this weather. :)

[Dan Busby]

A lovely portrait of this youngster Art. I love the blend of foreground and background and the HA. I usually like to see both eyes but the one is very well shown and is a nice focal point of the composition.