This male Snowy Owl should be facing a setting sun when this photo was taken, but unfortunately the sky was overcast with clouds. One advantage in this situation is that we can see a little more detail in the feathers of the bird, details which may have been lost in a harsher light.

Canon 7D with the 500L f4 lens handheld @ 1/1000, f4, ISO 400, + 2 2/3 exposure compensation.

Slight crop to de-centre the bird for composition purposes.

Cheers,

Mike