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Snowy Owl


	Snowy Owl Our group on a birding field trip braved face tingling cold temperatures of -32C with wind chill. It was worth it! Aperture priority, 420mm, ISO-200, F/6.3, 1/1000 sec, Exposure compensation +0.7. Heather Pickard

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Wow Heather! beautiful capture. Nice colors, clarity and details.

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January 15, 2009

Rachelle D. Carriere

Fantastic capture with great lighting and details Heather!

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January 15, 2009

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Excellent capture of this snowy owl,Heather well done

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January 15, 2009

Michelle Alton

Gosh...this is so brilliant!

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January 15, 2009

Heather Pickard

Thanks so much for your kind comments Clyde, Rachelle, Walter and Michelle.
I had a ridiculously cooperative juvenile owl to work with and took many many shots. It was rare to get a sharp image with the owl engaging the viewer.
So often in the photo those big beautiful yellow eyes were only partially opened and often looking away in another direction.
In this image however, the elements I wanted seemed to all come together.

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January 15, 2009

Bill Miller

This is a spectacular image. Snowy Owls have to the most photogenic birds and you did a great job on this capture..looks like a winner to me.

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January 16, 2009

Jean Lechleiter

Superb capture, Heather! Those eyes are gorgeous.Great detail.

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January 22, 2009

Heather Pickard

Thanks Bill for your glowing comments.
I always appreciate your comments Jean.
Thanks for taking time to contribute.

And yes.... I agree!
Those yellow eyes are stunning.

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January 22, 2009

Jennifer L. Wu

WOW!

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February 17, 2009

M.Christine Duncan

Hey Heather... congrats from Canada Photo and myself, on your stunning finalist capture!