Angel of the North (snowy)

[Mike Tracy]

Shot under a gorgeous pinkish sunset. Purposefully lowered the shutter to give the subject some wing blur. Baited.

MKIII, EF500, 1/1250, F8, ISO 400, manual mode

[Robert O'Toole]

Nice, good sharpness on the body and face, nice wing position.

The owls wings and feet look way too bright and are lacking detail. Check the calibration strip at the bottom of the page to check your monitor. The areas look at least 1 stop over.

Robert

[jebir]

Hi Mike,

a very nice photo - perfectly timed and the focus on the eyes is perfect.

However, I would have preferred if I could experience that gorgeous pinkish sunset in your photograph. The overly blue snow suggests that the white balance has been a bit over-corrected to provide the perfectly white feathers instead of the colour of the sunrays?

Cheers, Jens.

[Mike Tracy]

Hi Mike,

a very nice photo - perfectly timed and the focus on the eyes is perfect.

However, I would have referred if I could experience that gorgeous pinkish sunset in your photograph. The overly blue snow suggests that the white balance has been a bit over-corrected to provide the perfectly white feathers instead of the colour of the sunrays?

Cheers, Jens.

Thanks for yours and Roberts observations. When I was editing it in DPP I tried adjusting the white balance and didn't like the result. I ended up with just going with what the camera produced with AWB. I will have a go at it again from the beginning. One of the problems confronting me when I edit my snowy images is I am not accustomed to photographing in the snow. When I look at a photo I can't quite remember the hues as they were if that makes any sense

[Arthur Morris]

Good suggestions above. I would add that a crop from the bottom just to the blue line would help the image.

later and love, artie

[jebir]

Got to think of it... If you were photographing in RAW format, you can always dial-in "daylight" (5400 K) in the colour balance box in your RAW converter and then use that as a starting point to get a more true impression of the light at the time.

Cheer, Jens