Although it is still winter, the extended daily sunlight with its longer shadows an greater palate of colours gives us a taste of the coming spring.

This is an end-of-the-day photo, with the sun just lowered behind the cloudless horizon, giving us the resulting colours. The lighting condition is reflected in my camera settings. Another advantage of early and late afternoon Snowy photos - the bird's eyes are wide open without any dark shadows due to mid-day overhead sunlight.

Canon 5D Mark III with my 500L f4 lens, handheld @ 1/750, f4, ISO 1250, +3 exposure compensation. Small crop for composition purposes. Selective sharpening of only the face.

Cheers,

Mike