This is my first Snowy Owl of the season, a timid youngster, taken while driving to Montreal for business. It always pays to have your camera with you; as the old saying goes - the best camera is the one that you have with you when an opportunity pops up.

The weather was terrible, with a carpet of fog/smog and humidity hanging in the air, the sun burned through the cloudes a bit for a minute or two for this shot. I had to bump contrast and saturation quite a bit and balance for whites to eliminate the dull greyness of the captured image.

Not as close as I like them, but for a first effort with a scenic setting I can't complain too much.

Canon 5D Mark III with the 500L f4 lens with 1.4 II extender from my vehicle supported by my door @ 1/800, f10, ISO 800, + 1 2/3 exposure compensation, cropped for composition purposes.

Cheers,

Mike