Sloth Bear

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all
Here is Sloth Bear from bandhavgarh NP
D300 , 600mm , f4.5 , 1/80 , ISO 500 , beanbag , Made early in morning with few rays of sun hitting the park in May 2009. BG is dry fallen leafs
Kiran Khanzode was there and I must say I enjoyed his company a lot

All C & C are most welcome & much appreciated

[Ken Watkins]

Glorious, a sloth bear in the open, and moving.
Perfect colours and a "glint" in one eye.
BG is great , only nit would be the slight stump above bears back.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Harshad something I have heard, but not seen until now.;)

Like it set against a good BG. Have you been cloning out around the back paws? As Ken said, shame about the post. Have mailed you a suggested tweak, as I feel in needs a boost in Curves.

Steve

[David Fletcher]

Good suggestions made. Love the sharpness and details in the fur Harshad. Very nice.

[Marc Mol]

Apart from above suggestions, a well done Harshad just for getting this elusive species out in the open!
TFS

[Austin Thomas]

Hi Harshad,

You have managed to get good sharpness at 1/80 with a 600mm lens. Nicely done. Nit already mentioned by Ken.

tfs

Austin

[niranjan sant]

aaha,lovely image harshad,crisp,good details,and the raised paw makes it superb.

[Nate Chappell]

Really nice job with the sharpness and detail at that shutter speed on a beanbag. Great looking bear!

[Steve Canuel]

Nice look from the bear and I like the raised paw. Nice of him to step up on that rock for you too. Personal preference on my uncalibrated monitor, it seems to pop a little more by making it just a touch darker with the midtone level slider. Nicely done on getting this photo.