Dawn Patrol

[D. Robert Franz]

We were out early waiting for sunrise and the coastal brown bears were up looking for breakfast along the shores of Cooke Inlet in Alaska. This is what I'd call a long lens animalscape. Light was quite low but had a lot of color. Mountains are 50-60 miles away.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Copyright: D. Robert & Lorri Franz
Shutter speed: 1/80 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS II USM

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Dale,

You blew me away with those colours:)

Love the 3D effect and a superb image in terms of composition - stunning capture!

Kind regards,

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Gorgeous colours, lovely composition with nice placement of the bear. Nice depth to the image. Well done.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Dale, 'now your talking', this is gorgeous, fantastic light, like the framing and also the scale of the subject within frame. The colours are just awesome, lovely work.

TFS
Steve

[Morkel Erasmus]

Just sitting and enjoying this one Dale...lovely!!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Gorgeous image, I love the colours and the pose of the Bear.
I would probably crop above the dark line at the bottom. I feel it would work better!
Lovely stuff!

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Dale - Wow, amazing color! Love the placement and size in frame too. This just works on all counts.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Canuel]

Nicely composed image with great atmosphere. I like Dumay's idea on the crop.

[Loi Nguyen]

Love the colors. Perfect exposure with enough details on the bear. Loi


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[christopher galeski]

Loverly image,love them colors,nice pose on the bear.

[Behin Nazemroaya]

Stunning capture Dale. I love the color & composition. Good job

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Dale love this one a lot , you have gorgeous light and colors in this fame. Great composition with that wide look into the distance , i might loose the dark band in the FG for a really clean FG .

Nicely done

TFS Andreas