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Not all the bears are spring cubs
Another image from Chas Glatzer's terrific black bear plus workshop...It takes big bears to make little bears and this bear had that swagger.
As you know wildlife will often use people trails for convenience. I was in no position to deny right of way
Not long afterwards, I witnessed a mama bear with four cubs vigorously chase this big bear away into the woods.
All comments, tips and feedback very much welcomed as I continue to experiment in sharpening strategy.
Canon 7d 70-200mm f/2.8L II at 80mm 1/640sec f /2.8 ISO 400 processed on Desktop with a bad monitor (NEC on its way)
LR4 for toning down the lush green, a bit of spot removal on the bear, and reducing a bit of color tinting on the bear although this one did have a bit of iridescent tone. CS6 and Nik dfine and Color Efex 4 Tonal Contrast at about half default values.
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Repost: For better or worse?
removed blues and magenta and increased blacks on the wet fur. Thought about darkening the bear a bit more but truth is the wet fur had some reflective qualities. Also add some selective sharpening on the bear and grasses around the bear. tone down the greens a bit more. For better or worse?
all help welcomed.
Jpegs directly from the RAW
Thanks Ken...Very much appreciate the interest and help....This exercise is sort of bracketing the image processing until I get it right...hopefully it will get me there.
Here are two JPGs that I exported directly from the raw using Lightroom's export feature to the preset I created for BPN (sizing). I don't know if you wanted it sharpened for the screen or not. So I exported the top image with default sharpening in the export process for the screen turned off and the second had it turned on.
As you can see in the original image, the bear has that magenta cast on its back-the iridescence I talked about. But I will say this, the reds and magentas have always seemed a bit hot coming out of my 7D.
First noticed it after I first got the camera when I took some images of butterflies on Reddish Pink Dianthus and the instructor commented on "something going on that is funky" with that color...It seemed over-saturated in that channel. Of course, I have no idea what the rest of you see since my confidence in my monitor is weak
I do know that Sid Garige took a fine image of the same bear... although it was likely in different light as the sun went in and out of clouds. His also was off the trail so there likely was little reflection from the limestone on the trail.. His image appeared more black and did not show the iridescence . He shot his with a 1dIV.
One other note-These images do contain "stuff " in the top left corner that was distracting that I cleaned up in my more processed images.
One other question besides the blackness would be sharpening. Did the repost appear to have too little or too much? or the wrong things sharpened or not IYO?
Again, thanks for the interest and help...