Who's looking at who?

[Steve Kaluski]

Yes an oldie, but Sid's post rekindled my love of these animals and thought it would be worth posting this one. :bg3: Great to think you can be 5000 miles away and access stuff, technology is great. :S3:

Taken from onboard the deck of the ice breaker. For those that have seen this image in print, it has been slightly revised from that.

Steve
Subject: Polar bears on pack ice, one standing upright, water dripping (Ursus maritimus)
Location: Svalbard
Camera: Canon MKIII
Lens: 500f/4 & 1.4x - Gitzo tripod, Wimberley head
Exposure: 1/2000s at f/8 ISO200 +2/3 stop compensation
Crop: Slight crop (original capture vertical)

[Sid Garige]

Just brilliant Steve. Love that water dripping from bear hands. Killer pose and fantastic details.

[Andrew Merwin]

I agree with Sid here Steve. I also like the layered BG of ice/water/ice/water. Great techs.

[Rachel Hollander]

Steve - looks like he is checking you out too! Great comp, exp and techs.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Thanks guys, nice to see these guys taking the stage on here. :w3

Steve :wave:

[Sid Garige]

You must be shooting from same place. Identical images.
Small world I guess .....:)

[Ken Watkins]

Sid's post makes little sense now that my post has been deleted.

Could somebody please explain who deleted it and why this was done?

[Robert Amoruso]

I sent you a PM, but since you asked.

Ken,

Your post of an image on Steve K's polar bear thread at http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...looking-at-who (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/95651-Who-s-looking-at-who) was removed due to violation of Guideline No. 19. Only one image per post.

Only exception to this are reposts of the same image for educational purposes.

[James Shadle]

You violated rule #19 and the image you posted was not a critique, therefore off topic. Deleted under rule #10.

[Robert Amoruso]

You violated rule #19 and the image you posted was not a critique, therefore off topic. Deleted under rule #10.

Yes Rule No. 10 too. Thanks James.

[Ken Watkins]

Robert and James,

Thank you for your explanation, if I could I would have posted a link to my OP from 2009, but it is no longer on the site. I thought it may have been interesting to all to see the remarkable similarity in spite of the entirely different metod of obtaining the image.

Cheers

Ken

[Brendon Cremer]

Lovely image Steve i like the upright pose and the eye contact a long with the water droplets, just a question rather than a crit having never shot in the snow before, is the image not slightly under exposed or possibly need a little more brightness?

[Harshad Barve]

Just brilliant Steve. Love that water dripping from bear hands. Killer pose and fantastic details.

plus one here
TFS

[Jamie Douglas]

Happy Polar Bear Day

Taking a break from the slopes Steve?

I totally agree with Sid and Harshad about the water dripping from the paws, just awesome. I love how the Bear is standing up to check you out and the guy behind is nice and sharp as well.

Jamie

[Steve Kaluski]

Thanks guys.

Yep Jamie, another Bluebird day up here. Hope the PS workshop helped, albeit it brief. PM me if you have anymore questions, as there will be a homework test in a couple of weeks time, LOL. :bg3:

See you and the others soon.

Steve

[Steve Canuel]

What a great pose you got and I like how the legs line up between the two. Also like the layered water/ice BG.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Great pose and scene here Steve. Love seeing images of these guys.


Lovely image Steve i like the upright pose and the eye contact a long with the water droplets, just a question rather than a crit having never shot in the snow before, is the image not slightly under exposed or possibly need a little more brightness?

I find myself agreeing with this - maybe just a slight boost? :e3