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Snowy Owl, head on

Snowy Owl, head on

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Aperture 56/10 ISO 800 Shutter 1/6400 Focal Length 400/1

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Aug, 2016

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Awards

Top Shot Award 22

Contest Finalist in Beautiful Owls Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Only Owls Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Wings in Motion Photo Contest

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Superb Composition

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Outstanding Creativity

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Beautiful composition. Did you need to do much post editing wise?

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Thank you! Cropped the picture and tried darkening the sky a little bit. I have very little postprocessing skills, try to get it right in camera. You can see how sloppy my attempt is at darkening the background. Did nothing on the bird.

gorgeous colors! great capture

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Thank you!

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Beautiful!

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Thanks!

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Thanks Quigley, konradhryciuk, ritaisabel and dirkrichter !

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Hi, this image would be a great entry for my challenge
viewbug.com/challenge/bird-in-flight-photo-challenge-by-paulatchinson
It closes on the 12 July. Thanks and good luck.

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