Brown Bear in Lupins

[Sid Garige]

D300 200-400mm VR
F8 1/250 ISO640

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Sid,
Any idea what leaves it is eating? Nice capture. The flowers give a feeling of a walk in the park.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Jay Gould]

Hi Sid, what a lovely soft and yet powerful image. I looked at it and it made me think of the bears we saw last summer in the frolicking in the lupine in Alaska. I enjoyed the image so much that I then put a cherry on the cake and enjoyed the images on your website and the images on your blog.

Thank you for the feast!! :D:D

[Markus Jais]

Wonderful shot. The flowers go very well with the bear. The plant in it's mouth is a great bonus. Beautiful light.

Markus

[Ed Cordes]

Sid, I like this a lot for all the reasons stated above. On my work monitor the face and top of the head look a tad bright? I wonder if a bit of burning may help? Could be the monitor.

[Fabs Forns]

Stunningly beautiful Sid. I agree with ed's idea of the top of the image needing some darkening. I used a Graduated Neutral Density filter form Nix Color Effex Complete.
I'd also sharpen the eyes selectively, which I didn't do on the repost.

[Cindy Cone]

Bears and lupine, what could be a better combination! Great composition, and I do like Fab's darkening of the top.

[David Fletcher]

Lovely work Sid. Fabs repost works well too. Quite a beautiful image and setting.

[Morkel Erasmus]

what a pleasing shot! Fabs' repost works wonders. I would love to go to Alaska and the Yukon one day...

[Jay Gould]

I like 'em both; I'm stickin' with the OP - the softness - less contrast - is special in this particular image.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful one Sid, loved both the posts. The flowers make this with the grass in its mouth. congrats..

[Sid Garige]

Stunningly beautiful Sid. I agree with ed's idea of the top of the image needing some darkening. I used a Graduated Neutral Density filter form Nix Color Effex Complete.
I'd also sharpen the eyes selectively, which I didn't do on the repost.

Very nice job Fabs. Thanks
Sid

[Sid Garige]

Hi Sid, what a lovely soft and yet powerful image. I looked at it and it made me think of the bears we saw last summer in the frolicking in the lupine in Alaska. I enjoyed the image so much that I then put a cherry on the cake and enjoyed the images on your website and the images on your blog.

Thank you for the feast!! :D:D

Jay,

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement.

-Sid

[DanWalters]

Beautiful image! Love the inclusion of the lupine. Adds a nice splash of color.