This young Snowy Owl shows off his deadly claws, three forward and one back on each foot, as he takes off at dusk with a lightly veiled sky.

Canon 5D Mark III with the 500L f4 lens handheld @ 1/1000, f7.1, ISO 640, +1 2/3 exposure compensation. The width is full-sized without crop, but vertically cropped to a 8 x 16 (1:2) framing format that I like.

The veiled setting sun reduced contrast and the magenta-heavy palette normally found and gives a cooler-colour look.

Cheers,

Mike