Ice bears of Arctic -1

[Sid Garige]

Just got back from week long trip to arctic and hope all my friends are doing well here. Here is one from the trip.

Canon 1D mark IV, 5.6 1/1000

[Hilary Hann]

Very nice start to your trip images. Love it.

[dankearl]

Outstanding, looking forward to more.
What a relaxed mellow look to this guy!

[Jamie Douglas]

:5 whoa Sid, I am glad I popped by the forum this evening. Looks like your trip went well.

Patches of the snow looks a little hot on my monitor so maybe you could reduce the highlights a touch more.

[Steve Uffman]

Keep em rolling Sid I know they all will be outstanding . Nether forest shot

[Rachel Hollander]

Sid - I always love your polar bear shots and this is no exception. Great pose, comp and techs. Looking forward to seeing more.

TFS,
Rachel

[Rick Beldegreen]

nice. love being able to see the massive feet

[Morkel Erasmus]

Glad to see you posting again, Sid. :5
Lovely image, great job on the vertical composition - composed like that or cropped from horizontal?
Exposure looks great. I see some hot spots as per Jamie but they're not attention-grabbing IMHO.

[Don Lacy]

Wonderful image my friend, love the comp and the timing of bear placing its paw in the water

[Sid Garige]

Jaime,

I see your point regarding hot spots. I should tone it down just a tick I guess.

Thanks
Sid

[Sid Garige]

Thanks Morkel.

Composed vertical to add reflection in the image. Later on I kind of felt reflection was not strong.

[Tom Redd]

Sd, wonderful shot, look forward to seeing more. Love the pose. What lens did you use here, I seem to be missing it?

[Sid Garige]

Sd, wonderful shot, look forward to seeing more. Love the pose. What lens did you use here, I seem to be missing it?

Thanks Tom. With 70-300mm F4-5.6 IS L

[Marina Scarr]

Terrific real like image, Sid. Like the vertical presentation a lot.

[Jamie Douglas]

Jaime,

I see your point regarding hot spots. I should tone it down just a tick I guess.

Thanks
Sid

They weren't a big issue, but worth a touch up IMO.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sid, a nice start to the series.

Good call on the choice of format, what caught his/her's attention? I like the way you capture the subject almost paused, just double checking before slipping into the water. Looking at the facing snow, were you using quite a high ISO?

Nice to see you back with cracking images Sid.

TFS
Steve

[Sid Garige]

Thanks Steve.

With 3 bears around there was always a possibility of action. I was playing safe with high ISO and shutter speed.