Grizzly Bear revisited

[Jamie Douglas]

Based on the feedback from my previous grizzly bear post, I went back to my RAW files and worked on this. Thanks for the help folks :5 and an extra thank you to Morkel :5


Canon 7D with 70-200 F2.8 IS at F4 1/250, ISO800 rested on beanbag supported by car window


Previous post: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/103993-Morant-the-missing-Grizzly-Bear


View higher res website version here: http://jamiedouglasphotography.com/p646954356/h490bc3fa#h490bc3fa
(http://jamiedouglasphotography.com/p646954356/h490bc3fa#h490bc3fa)


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[Sid Garige]

Very nice image Jamie. Curious cub. This image is better than the original in your previous post.

[Steve Canuel]

An improvement over the original Jamie. Looking back at your previous post it seems you've corrected the contrast "problem" on the bear, namely the lighter streaks being too bright. A bit more color sat wouldn't hurt for me on this one.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jamie, good low perspective here, and you have brought out the detail nicely. The strand of grass in the mouth adds interest. If this were mine, I would maybe move him over to the left a touch more.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Jamie - a definite improvement. All looks good, especially the eye and I agree the grass adds a lot.

TFS,
Rachel

[Jamie Douglas]

Cheers folks, I am much happier with this one. Crop wise, this is already cropped more than I typically like to crop an image.

Saturation wise I think I agree with you Steve, I will take this back into PS tonight and have a play about with the sliders. Cheers.

I forgot to add above that I ran zero NR on this and only sharpened the 1024px web file using very minimal USM.

Turned out pretty well and thanks again to Morkel for sharing his version.

Jamie

[Marina Scarr]

Great details in the fur. I like the grass in the bear's mouth, as well as the stalks to our right which help to balance out the frame. I'd really like to see him a little more to the left of the frame.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jamie, definitely a move in the right direction, good to see you persevering on this one.

I think you can still add some more depth into the image, plus just adding some more greenery over the tree in the BKG I think helps too, likewise the OOF leaves (?) LHS on the edge of the bottom trim, WDYT?

TFS
Steve

[peter delaney]

Hi Jamie

Lovely image.. Love the pose and that the bears eyes are looking out of the image... Great detail thru out the bear ..

well done

Peter

[Morkel Erasmus]

A pleasure indeed, Jamie :5
Between these 2 I'd go for something midway between the OP and Steve's repost...
:t3

[Jamie Douglas]

Thanks for the feedback and respost Steve. Here is my effort, I was thinking along the same lines as Morkel...

Applied some additional depth
Selective colour adjustment to the trees - went into greens and adjusted yellow slider and blacks.
Zero NR
Flattened image
Two rounds of USM
Saved for web

Now off to read the new DB and DPP guides that I just received after being missed off the original email list :2eyes2:

:wave:Let me know watcha think

[Gerald Kelberg]

Hi Jamie, You've come a long way with this one - great learning!

Gerald