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Dawn Departure - Snowy Owl

Taken literally at the crack of dawn, this Snowy Owl is proof that you can't always "balance your whites" when treating a digital image.

Canon's 100-400L f4.5-5.6 lens handheld @ 1/1250, f5.6, ISO 400, + 1 1/3 exposure compensation.

Horizon straightened then cropped to a 12 x 16 framing format. One snow/lens reflection removed behind my signature.

Is there noise in this image - at full framing size? Of course there is! This image was much darker. When adding contrast and brightness, extra noise was created - remember, the sun had barely pierced the horizon!

Noise reduction applied. Even after sharpening, I despeckled the background as usual to reduce noise even more.

I lightened up the eyes a bit.

Cheers,

Mike


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Daniel Charron03-Mar-2011 12:42
Magnifique pose. Mike, avec beaucoup de dynamisme. J’aime la composition aussi, avec la ligne foncée du bas et l’aile qui pointe en diagonale.
Eric Martin03-Mar-2011 01:14
De toute beauté Mike!!
pierreratte02-Mar-2011 19:00
Super Mike, avec ce bleuté dans le ciel ça donne de beaux reflets, Bravo une belle capture
Dominic Cantin02-Mar-2011 17:32
Une excellente image Mike ! Quand l'image correspond à la lumière qui était là au moment de la capture , bien on s'en fout du WB ;) Bravo !

Dom :)
Jeff Barbour02-Mar-2011 01:53
Fabulous capture...V