I normally don't like to take my Snowy photos when the sun is high in the sky, for example at noon, but hey, if they're there, I won't turn a blind eye.

With my Canon 500L f4 lens handheld at 1/1600, f8, ISO 400, - 1/3 exposure compensation.

A minimal crop to re-center the bird which was leading out towards the left. Because of the very high contrasting noon light, which my sensor recorded an unrealistic dark blue sky, I therefore had to desaturate the blues to bring them down to a more reasonable level.

Cheers,

Mike