This is another shot of a male snowy owl. This time, the sun was coming from the side and a little behind the bird . When it took flight from its perch at the top of a power pole, the low angled sunlight backlit the white, translucent wing feathers. The original sky was solid blue, so I replaced that with a toned sky typical of dawn and sunrise. I used a Canon 100-500mm lens plus a 1.4 teleconverter, giving me 700mm of focal length. I've concluded that the best wing formations occur when the bird takes off from a perch. In the past, I've focused on the entire flight path that included gliding, grabbing prey, and landing. None of those aspects of flight produced the number of great images as when an owl takes off. My settings were 1/3200, f/10, and 2500 ISO.
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