I really enjoy first and last light when photographing birds. Here is a male Snowy Owl caught at almost last light - not much white at that time of day.

Canon 5D Mark III with the 500L f4 lens handheld at 1/1000, f4.5, ISO 400, +1 2/3 exposure compensation. Minor crop for composition purposes. A bunch of white reflective snow spots clonned out in the foreground.

For some reason, when not in pbase's original view mode, the sharpness of the eye is lost.

My Snowy Owl season has just about come to an end for this, a good season - there will be many more photos posted in the next few weeks.

Cheers,

Mike