As I’ve mentioned before, Snowy Owls do not have to be all white when photographing them.

Here, in the early morning winter’s light, we see that pure white is not on the artist’s palate.

Canon 40D with 100-400L lens @ 1/1250, f5.6, ISO 400, +1/3 exposure compensation, cropped for composition because I always use centre metering in AI mode for flying birds.

I don’t recall the temperature, but trust me, I wasn’t wearing shorts!

“Remember you are creating art and for this the rules are totally different . . . in fact there aren’t any.” Andy Rouse – Wildlife Photographer