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Hi Rachel, we are missing Steve and yes even a polar bear! So thanks for posting a PB image!! They are such magnificent animals, hope to see them in real life sometime soon. The image works well with nice soft light and good pose and HA. The detail and whites look great. Nice techs as usual. TFS.
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I'm envious of you to have seen such magnificent animal. White on white with perfect exposure to separate the warmer PB's fur against the cooler ice. Not an easy comp on this one with the PB in the middle of the frame, you made the best of it. Loi
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Hi Rachel -- how beautifully done, the way you handle whites is amazing , always a thing or two to learn from your posts . loved the framing and IQ is very good. TFS !
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Thanks Sanjeev, Loi and Haseeb for the very kind comments. I'm glad you like this one. Loi - I agree about the central position but this was one where it was moving from left to right so I had more room on the right when it turned to look at the boat for a second. It looked unbalanced with more on the right than the left so I cropped a small amount to give it the more central and balanced placement.
Thanks again,
Rachel
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Just beautiful, Rachel. I'm with the comments regarding your expert handling of the whites to keep the blue of the ice and warmer white of the PB. I understand your reasoning for the crop and it works for me.
Cheers
Katie
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Thanks Andreas and Katie, much appreciated.
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Beautiful and well exposed and oh-so-many-nuances-of-white, Rachel!
I too am envious of this one, there's something so magnificent about this species and I would love to at least see a Polar Bear with my own eyes...
Love the detail in the fur and I detect some traces of blood there from the last kill, this is nice and sharp where it counts and the IQ is great, mmm... I am turning green with jealousy
Great PP work as expected, stunning work Rachel and I enjoyed viewing (great to be back, had some Internet issues tonight but it is all sorted now)
Warmest regards,
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Since Steve is still away and not around to post a polar bear for this month's theme, I thought I would do so and add a little diversity to the species posted.
I'll address that for you, although I have only just started to look at them
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The pack ice really conveys nicely the location and the blue of the water, with the hint of aqua is a nice touch. Detail within the pack ice I feel is personal choice and how far you take it. POV works as it doesn't indicate shooting down and i like the body angle.
TFS
Steve
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Thanks Gabriela and Steve. Welcome back!
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Hi Rachel
Agree with above on the correct exposure. Would like a bit more detail in the darks, but by lifting the exposure one would cook the whites- always find it very difficult with a subject that has
both whites and darks. By shooting ETTR I often blow the HL, try and use different EV if no time to check on Histogram.
What mode were you shooting with, and did you use any - or + EV?
For me the comp works.
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Thanks Andre. I almost always shoot in full manual mode and try to ETTR. This was no exception. Unfortunately, with the 5D3 I cannot tell afterwards how much EC resulted from my settings. I think for Canon only the 1DX retains that info in the EXIF if shooting manual.
Thanks again,
Rachel