Black Bear

[John Mack]

This image was created in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on 8/8/18 at 9:42AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
403mm
ISO 800
f6.3
1/1250sec

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello John,

Very nice pose from this bear and I like the eye contact. Techs look good and the subject is sharp, unfortunately those branches in the BG are quite overwhelming.

I would adjust shadows, blacks and go back on contrast (in LR ) - the detail is there, you just need to bring it out :w3

Hope you have a lovely rest of the week, TFS!

Kind regards,

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi John - Another good look at the black bear. Again, looks like the light was a bit strong. I wish the downed branch wasn't intersecting the head. Good suggestions by Gabriela on the blacks. It's the same issue as the last posting.

TFS,
Rachel