Great Gray Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted December 11, 2010304 views13 comments

Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa, Chouette Lapone ) Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada.Image Copyright ©Christopher Dodds www.chrisdoddsphoto.com All Rights Reserved; digitally watermarked as such.
Canon EOS 1D Mark II, 100-400mm @ 400mm. ISO 800, F8 1/400s Manual Exposure. Full Frame.

Winter has arrived in South West Quebec and I have already seen a good number of Snowy Owls. Looks like it's going to be a great winter.

Be brutal... and thanks for the warm welcome.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Sally King on December 12, 2010 at 12:38 AM

That is some incredible face. Love those eyes and the falling snow. The only thing I would have been different would be to put a color frame around it to separate the snow from the white background. Excellent image.

Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 12, 2010 at 1:13 AM

Love the snow, comp, and pose!
Hard to tell at this size, but the owl seems very soft.
Looking forward to more owls!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on December 12, 2010 at 2:40 AM

Great picture- strong expression, nice BG and pose over snow- Beautiful portrait of one of my favourite birds (sadly he doesn't like italian climate)- Bravo, Fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on December 12, 2010 at 3:02 AM

Love the low perspective. I'm jealous of your snowies... we apparently had one show up way down here in (central) Washington recently, but it would be nice if a few more popped up once in a while.

Max

Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 12, 2010 at 9:52 AM

This looks really nice Christopher. Love the falling snow, "peeking" type pose, and those yellow eyes putting some color into the image. A larger version would help me critique the critical sharpness of the bird, but from the small 720px image it looks pretty good to me. Well done.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on December 12, 2010 at 12:00 PM

A lovely image, works well in the snow

Well done.

Geoff.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on December 12, 2010 at 1:42 PM

What a shot!

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Scott on December 12, 2010 at 1:47 PM

The snow just makes these shots, stunning work

Registered on September 19, 2010, 13 Posts, 34 Comments

Comment posted by Rebecka on December 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM

*Love* the owl's intense, serious expression. And your angle is wonderful! Nice work.

Registered on February 5, 2009, 170 Posts, 924 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on December 12, 2010 at 3:18 PM

This is a very appealing image with the eyes and falling snow in the bg. I really like it, but imo the snow at the bottom should go. It says little in this image where you have so much going on in terms of form and texture. Try a crop?

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Giorgio Gregori on December 12, 2010 at 3:47 PM

A sophisticated image , full of atmosphere. Difficult to forget that look .
Giorgio

Registered on November 16, 2007, 87 Posts, 793 Comments

Comment posted by Joe James on December 12, 2010 at 9:02 PM

Fantastic image Christopher! The falling snow and intense gaze of those yellow eyes make for a stunning portrait....would love to see a larger image of this one.

Registered on November 20, 2009, 89 Posts, 808 Comments

Comment posted by Darren Colello on December 13, 2010 at 12:31 PM

WOW, this is just simply spectacular!!! Congrats.

Registered on July 27, 2009, 175 Posts, 1100 Comments