Black Bear

[Ross Konigsburg]

D800
300mm 2.8
ISO 800
1/250 at f2.8
Hand held


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[Jim Michael]

Marvelous expression on that one. I see just a slight magenta/blue cast in the fur and I think you have a little room to bring the density down without losing detail in the shadows.

[Morkel Erasmus]

I like the pose and setting here, Ross. I fully agree with Jim that there's a blue/cyan and magenta cast on the bear. Easy to fix though.
I also think the entire image is a tad bright?

In this repost I toned down overall brights through a luminosity mask.
I also burned the BG highlights some more.
I removed the colour cast in the bear's coat.
I burned the shadows of the bear's coat a bit, and dodged midtones on its face.

What do you think?