Snowy Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted January 12, 2014415 views13 comments

Female
Ocean Shores, WA
Feb, 2013

D300s
700mm
1/1000 sec, f/11
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off
Hand-held

GO NINERS!!!

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 12, 2014 at 3:15 PM

Nice subject; good exposure. A good example of using limited DOF to control the background.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 12, 2014 at 4:01 PM

You're lucky with this species

, nice shot of course as usual ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on January 12, 2014 at 4:10 PM

Well done on this HH shot Sandy,
The DOF, details, color and framing are all first rate,
according to news reports, we may be getting a few Snowy Owls in Georgia for the first time in a long time this winter.

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 12, 2014 at 7:40 PM

I love being able to see the whole bird - that is something I have struggled with this year despite their abundance. The perch is really nice too - the background seems a touch noisy which is surprising for ISO 400 on the D300s but perhaps it's just the size of the image or something else. Nice capture

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on January 12, 2014 at 8:27 PM

I like this one sandy.
Maybe some noise work and a verticalcrop maybe ?
John

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 12, 2014 at 10:01 PM

Sandy, I like the bird and perch, but the bg looks really weird to me--not sure if is due to noise/crop issues or other processing.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on January 12, 2014 at 11:35 PM

Sandy, I remember that you were eager to see them. I'm glad you were able to make it up to Ocean Shores and get some shots. I like the soft, textured background in this shot.

Max

(Go Hawks!)

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

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 13, 2014 at 11:56 AM

Wonderful shot of this amazing bird. My only suggestion would be maybe a vertical crop to emphasize the owl with less background but a fine shot either way.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 13, 2014 at 2:12 PM

Nice one, Sandy. I like the sliver of sun in the bottom of the right eye. However, posting a Washington image and rooting for the Niners is rather sacrilegious, don't you think

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 13, 2014 at 3:07 PM

Dennis - HAHA!
Now the Niners are playing Seattle next weekend for the chance to go to the Superbowl!
California vs Washington!
I think I'll just root for a good and relatively injury-free game!

Sandy

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

Comment posted by May Haga on January 14, 2014 at 10:33 AM

Very nicely done Sandy.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Ákos Lumnitzer on January 14, 2014 at 7:42 PM

I think the noisy appearance may be if it is cropped a lot and then the noise should be more visible due to the sensor being not quite as good in performance as a larger one.

Lovely shot and I don't mind the horizontal format. Perhaps with the bird a little off center would work better?

Registered on April 24, 2004, 25 Posts, 510 Comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 18, 2014 at 11:16 AM

I like the idea of a vertical crop here, also. Nice bird and details on the bird...nice to get one of these! Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments