Black Bear

[Sid Garige]

Canon 1D Mark IV, 70-300mm F4-5.6 IS L
F8 1/640 ISO 800

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sid, great to see these Bears having more of a share of the Forum and a nice break :S3:

Like Laurie's image, the incline of the tree really adds to the image, with a lovely soft BKG. Might look at dropping the Blue, selectively within the coat of the bear, apart from that, all looks very nice. Both content & crop are well balanced.

Judging on the Bears expression, he/she took a dim view of your presence, LOL.

TFS
Steve :cheers:

[John Ippolito]

Sid, pleasing composition with the tree angle, and bear placement. Exposure, and details spot on. Excellent work.

[Steve Canuel]

I like the dappled light and colors of the BG. Bear and tree are nicely placed in the frame and full of detail. Nicely done.

[Rachel Hollander]

Sid - super comp and the expression is priceless. Your usual excellent IQ too.

TFS,
Rachel

[Ken Watkins]

Sid,

What a marvelous moment, I love it. The tongue is the "icing on the cake":cheers::cheers::cheers:

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sid,
lovely expression of the bear,the tongue is outstanding!!!!
Fit very good with the tree and the BG.
The only nit i have is the fur color is a tad blue for my taste,checked with eyedropper in PS.

Check the RP and tell me your thoughts.

Cheers Andreas

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[laurie golden]

Sid,

This guy looks like an experienced tree climber so I would guess that it is not a usual sight. I love his expression, you did a great job in capturing it.

[Yves Guillot]

The tongue adds a lot to the expressive impact of this photo! It makes it very funny! Well done!

[Jamie Douglas]

I stopped by hoping to see some of your black bear images :) I think the amount of blue in the fur on your original post looks good.

Jamie

[Morkel Erasmus]

Super moment here Sid! Love that tongue out...and the diagonal tree adds heaps.
I agree on the colour assessment by Steve, and Andreas' repost is a step in the right direction, though there's still some magenta in there.
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