Alaskan Brown Bear Cub

[D. Robert Franz]

Captured this image of this very light colored cub during my Brown bear tour last summer

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2009:06:20 20:51:32
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: 4
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1 1/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm

[Todd Frost]

Don't get any better than this Dale! Great comp, exposure and detail. Mouthful of grass is icing on the cake. I like the blurred fg. TFS
Todd

[Stu Bowie]

Super pose, comp works well, and of course the grass out the mouth couldnt be missed.

[Alfred Forns]

Love the pose and behavior Dale !!! One cute bear !!! Sure wish I could go to one your bear workshops !!!

[Austin Thomas]

Very nice indeed Dale,

Great DOF for f4 on a 500mm. It looks like it was raining which has helped with the details in the shadow areas.

I now need to add Bear Workshop onto the wish list.....

tfs

Austin

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Dale,
Sweet!!! Hint of the eye is a huge bonus too!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Someone's at least eating healthy food. Just a beautiful shot all around. Loved the different shades of green in the BG.

[Markus Jais]

This is so good! The pose is great and the bear is really cute!
I love the food in his mouth and the out of focus flowers in the background.

Markus

[Harshad Barve]

Pose by bear , grass in mouth and BG makes this grand
TFS

[Marc Mol]

Don't get any better than this Dale! Great comp, exposure and detail. Mouthful of grass is icing on the cake. I like the blurred fg. TFS
Todd

Todd just took the words outta my mouth. Very nice Dale.

[Ken Watkins]

Todd just took the words outta my mouth. Very nice Dale.

Me too!

Absolutely marvelous!

[Jay Gould]

Dale, as others have said: lovely image.

I am going to turn this into a learning experience, at least for me; ok?

f/4: shallow DOF; the sharp area in the grass appears to be at the bear's right leg area.

Where was the point of focus; normally I would assume the right eye however that area of the bear is not critically sharp.

??

[D. Robert Franz]

Dale, as others have said: lovely image.

I am going to turn this into a learning experience, at least for me; ok?

f/4: shallow DOF; the sharp area in the grass appears to be at the bear's right leg area.

Where was the point of focus; normally I would assume the right eye however that area of the bear is not critically sharp.

??

I always focus on the eye and recompose as required... Eye looks razor sharp on oringinal?????

[Jay Gould]

I always focus on the eye and recompose as required... Eye looks razor sharp on oringinal????? That is what I would have thought. The fur on the front legs appears a bit sharper on my monitor. Looking at the grass that is sharp and realizing that the bear standing up is totally on the same plane of focus as the sharp grass, shouldn't the whole bear from the grass to the eye have basically the same level of sharpness?

Thanks,

[Nate Chappell]

Love the upright pose, coloration and the grass in the mouth puts this over the top for me, a wonderful image :cool: