Comments on: The 2nd Best Snowy Owl Image From My Northeast Trip? https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/12/06/the-2nd-best-snowy-owl-image-from-my-northeast-trip/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:32:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/12/06/the-2nd-best-snowy-owl-image-from-my-northeast-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-1903834 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 11:35:23 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=77342#comment-1903834 In reply to Cliff Beittel.

Thanks a stack, Cliff. The key was to be able to get halfway up the dune without flushing the bird. From below, the bird was completely blocked and there was no shot.

with love, artie

]]> By: Cliff Beittel https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/12/06/the-2nd-best-snowy-owl-image-from-my-northeast-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-1903263 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:39:06 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=77342#comment-1903263 Can’t say why you centered the owl, but it looks perfect. In a long ago book, Tim Fitzharris had a photo of an American Bittern showing all sorts of layers of composition–near foreground, middle foreground, in-plane vegetation, near background, distant background, sky, corner anchors, etc., etc. This photo has all of that, and it all frames the bird wonderfully. Love the way the dune rises to our left, the way the owl’s head doesn’t merge with the sky, how the weight of the OOF grasses in front of the bird balance the dune on the left. Sweet.

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