Seriously, in previous shots I did see a funny slightly greyish thing hanging down from the tuft of feather below where the beak is located. Didn't take long to realize it was the last of a mouse going into a snowy owl tummy!
I made a point of including the phone pole so nobody could say it was a tame pet owl. It isn't. It's a female or a juvenile, not sure. Only the males go all white, which I didn't know before.
Camera on tripod, TC used, also mirror lockup and remote shutter.
RAW file, crop, brightness/contrast, dodge mouth, clone out small bits of dirt, denoise, resize, sharpen, save for web
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I know you can't DO anything about the POV if he's on a 10" pole :) It's just an observation and I have the same dilemma as you did when submitting. Show the pole or don't show it and take a beating from the "It's a bird park shot" if showing a portrait only. 7 from me :)
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