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Hi Rachel, I can't make much on the colour as I'm away, but the colour info looks well balanced in the RGB channels. If it was me, I would make the water above & below just white and loose the minimal bits. I like the position in frame & on the ice, but try the 16 x 9 format working from the bottom right up to the left, it means you loose some image off the top which I think makes for a better comp, WDYT?
TFS
Steve
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Thanks Andreas and Steve. Andreas, I had done some adjustments similar to yours but wasn't really happy with the trade off of detail for color. I still don't know. Let's see what others say. It may just be that I've been working on the image for too long. I processed it over a week ago, put it down and then picked up again.
Steve - thanks, I can clean up the bits and the 16x9 suggestion is a good one. Why didn't I think of that?
Thanks again,
Rachel
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Hi Rachel, love the various tones of white, and Im fine with colour of the ice as presented. Im seeing a hint of ripples in the water in the upper water BG which I like a lot. Do you have any more ripples in both the FG and BG water that you may have lost in processing to high key. I would like to see more.
The polar bear looks relaxed, and giving you good eye contact. The placement works well too.
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Thanks Stu but I'm not sure I'm seeing what you are re: ripples. Where are you referring to?
Thanks again,
Rachel
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There are two darker lines - about halfway between the left hand edge and the polar bear just above the line of the ice. I took them as ripples.
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Hi Rachel, I'm on my iPad, so can't comment on the 50 shades of white :), but regardless it is a lovely image. It's definitely worth spending time on. Andreas cited the grey of the ice, and I think this is the area that needs more work. Loi
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I love this Rachel, the PB looks very relaxed and good eye engagement. I agree with a little off the top to make it 16 x 9 format. I also think its a pity the edge of the ice crust is broken but know you wont touch that... My current screen is not good enough to comment on the colour..
thanks for showing
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Lovely image Rachel, its working for me, lovely detail, i only see a slight halo around the bear as if it was backlit? The snow does look a little grey but that is easily fixed, i would possibly look a cropping some off the top to create equal sized layers of water, snow and water.
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Thanks all for the comments and suggestions. Stu, I'm not sure but think that's actually remnants of ice rather than ripples.
Brendon, the bear was backlit and that's the halo.
Thanks again,
Rachel
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really like the comp & colors as presented in the OP. Exp & IQ looks very good.
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Stu, I'm not sure but think that's actually remnants of ice rather than ripples.
Hi Rachel, thanks for clearing that up.
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I like this Rachel! I agree you could perhaps go even whiter/cleaner top and bottom, but works for me as is too. Even the crop is 50/50 to me (this one vs 16x9).
Gotta love that arctic light!
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Beautiful pose and sense of solitude here Rachel, nicely captured.
Now that Svalbard is only a few hours away for us, it is being given even more serious thought as a soon to be visited location, it's just that Africa keeps getting in the way!!
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Beautiful pose and sense of solitude here Rachel, nicely captured.
Now that Svalbard is only a few hours away for us, it is being given even more serious thought as a soon to be visited location, it's just that Africa keeps getting in the way!!

Marc - sometimes you just have to force yourself to go elsewhere. That's what I do.
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Hi Rachel, I like the OP best and think this would make a wonderfully large print. Great Polar Bear-scape
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Thanks Ed and Andrew, much appreciated.
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hi Rachel,
RP for me.Like this a lot.
TFS Andreas
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Late here, RP does it for me too
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Rachel, RP for me too. Loi
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Figured you were up there....love the shot...did you try brushing a little Nik Tonal Contrast on the snow in front of the bear just to add some texture? Something I learned from a master photographer who really, really likes bears ;-) We have been in Churchill and I found it brought the texture up and added interest on both the PB and Arctic Fox images that we had
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Hi Steve. I'm not a big Nik user but I'll keep it in mind and maybe try it on another image. This one has already been printed on metal.
Thanks again,
Rachel
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Rachel, its wonderful just as it is and no doubt incredible on metal...