Katsuyuki Shibata

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is one of my favorite places to visit and capture whatever I encounter - from a giant full moon, a lone cottonwood tree with vivid yellow color, to Great Horned Owl and coyote that greet me with a surprise. This image was captured in 2008, on a chilly October morning. I was completely mesmerized by the surrounding atmosphere. While I try not to over-process my images in general, I pushed my threshold to the max, almost at the level of my excitement during the capture.

Canon Rebel XT, Canon 70-300mm f4-5.6 @115mm, 1/160 sec@ f/14