BearSalmon Blur

[Arthur Morris]

The Bear Boat trip to Katmai was way fun. I did lots of OOTB stuff.

This coastal Brown Bear was photographed with the Canon 800mm f/5.5L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 200. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/4 sec. at f/20 in Tv Mode.

Don't be shy; all comments welcome.

ps: Great news; The Guide to Pleasing Blurs--Denise and I have been working on it for months--should be done by Friday.

[denise ippolito]

The bear with the fish just coming out of the water is a nice comp. I like the water spilling out of the mouth. I might boost the contrast just a touch if it were mine. Looks like you had a good trip:)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Artie, I find the image somewhat confusing, I cannot understand why the water is moving almost horizontally on the rear and yet more or less vertically on the "front end". Perhaps it is me not having seen a bear in this situation but somehow it doesn't look "right" to me.:)

[Arthur Morris]

Artie, I find the image somewhat confusing, I cannot understand why the water is moving almost horizontally on the rear and yet more or less vertically on the "front end". Perhaps it is me not having seen a bear in this situation but somehow it doesn't look "right" to me.:)

Hey Jon, I am confused by your comment :) I do not see the water moving horizontally at the rear at all.... They do run forward for a bit, dive under, hold the fish down, and then pull it out. Ah, what you are seeing might be the result of the current in the stream that is quite strong.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Artie now you have explained I can visualise the water flow, I can appreciate the water flow from the shoulders running backwards. I was perhaps reading too much into the image title and wondering if you had perhaps put some motion blur in the image.;)

[Arthur Morris]

Glad that that helped Jon. As you surmised, I was holding the rig still when I made the image.