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    Photographed this Coastal Brown Bear in Lake Clark NP in AK.In these stormy conditions quite difficult to photograph i felt by that time.
    This guy eventually found this dead fish while looking for clams , no more salmon was available.

    Canon EOS 1D MK II N
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    F8 / 1/500sec/ ISO 400

    Processed in RPP + PS ; cropped to 70 % of FF

    Steve - followed unfortunately your WF by using no NR on this one, what i did on all other posted images.

    I think came out nicely. What are all you other people out there thinking ?

    C&C welcome and appreciated

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    Steve - followed unfortunately your WF by using no NR on this one, what i did on all other posted images.
    Why 'unfortunately, what is WF?
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    Sorry , got mixed up with my translation,

    Wanted to say luckily , but using another word. Sorry, forgive a stupid german.

    WF - Workflow

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    Hi Andreas - looks like a very big bear and nice freeze of the action. IQ looks good. At 400 ISO I would not expect noise to be a problem unless it was underexposed which it is not. I'm wondering if it needs the slightest amount of cw rotation.

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    love the timing here Andreas
    that curling entrail is great
    soft light brought out some nice detail
    fur might be borderline "scrunchy" due to sharpening?

    I agree on the rotation, caught my eye immediately - I presume you levelled it out based on the BG line but the line created by the focal plane is stronger IMHO and gives the tilted impression...
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    Hi Andreas certainly a different behaviour capture with this image.

    ur might be borderline "scrunchy" due to sharpening?
    Would agree, just ease off a little.

    I would also agree on a rotation, this is one that requires the rotation by eye, rather than the ruler.

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    Thanks ladies and gentlemen,
    for leaving comments and suggestions, greatly appreciated.
    Backed off sharpening a tad, went a bit too far.
    Leveled no, from my view both feet on RHS of the bear (front and back ) are leveled.The front paw is sunk in the mud, while the back one is clearly visible.
    That is how i leveled the image , not with the horizon.

    Thanks Guys
    Cheers Andreas

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andreas Liedmann View Post
    Leveled no, from my view both feet on RHS of the bear (front and back ) are leveled.The front paw is sunk in the mud, while the back one is clearly visible.
    That is how i leveled the image , not with the horizon.
    Fair enough, Andreas. Levelling still looks odd to me
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