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Wish the bear had some light on his face. Like the reflections and the gulls.
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Hi Rachel, I like the reflection here & the inclusion of the gulls is a nice touch. Nice composition. TFS.
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That's different and I like it Rachel,Bear ,Gulls and a nice reflection make for a very interesting image,would love to witness this .
Keith.
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Hi Rachel, I'm not sure this qualifies for a 'silhouette', I would have thought that would be where the subject is almost in darkness with a rim light and lighter backdrop, almost backlit?
I like the 'foraging' aspect and the small splashes from the paws and the full reflection. I just wonder if moving to your left there would have been more sun to illuminate the subject? The gulls I find distracting, nothing you can do, they just follow the bears, but without them the image I feel is better. An alternative is to reduce the blue, add some depth to the FG and up the saturation to bring some 'colour' back into the image, it might be reflective of the time, but it looks a bit flat, this is where we add our 'artistic' brush to the image at times, just a thought.
TFS
Steve
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Macro and Flora Moderator
Rachel it doesn't quite work for me, I love the light on the flank but not the lack of light onthe head, had the bear been in total light or conversely shadow I think it would have been better. I like to see the reflection in the water.
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Thanks everyone. I had a feeling this would get mixed reviews. I have a few more from the same morning that are a bit more traditional in lighting, comp, etc.
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Hi Rachel fully understand the mixed feeling you had .....but i think this works for me as presented .
Having the light coming from behind left , what would one expect ? Just this ..... so you did well i think even having some detail on the dark side .
I do like the refection and the gull on RHS ....that other gull destroys the scenery for me ....and needs to go !!!
Lovely color and mood .
TFS Andreas
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Hi Rachel -- I agree with Steve and Andreas , i think you have handled the light quite well and composed it well enough but for me that gull in the BKG is a big distraction and is not helping the image at all .
TFS !
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Thanks Andreas and Haseeb, much appreciated.
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
Dearest Rachel,
Looking at this image, the "picture" that comes to mind is one of a solitary bear at sunrise and absolute silence interrupted from time to time by the tiny splash of his paws in the water, to me this would be magic without the presence of gulls.
I like the POV here, reflection, and also behavioural aspect of the frame. The composition is great. Interested in what Steve said about saturation and reducing the blues, in doing so you might achieve a slightly warmer "feel" and a different "mood" altogether, worth a try?
Thank you so much for sharing, I like to see you experimenting and it reminds me to do the same, lately I have been working quite hard and somehow forgotten to play
Warmest regards,
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Thanks Gabriela. I actually really like the blue and purplish tones to this one so no going warmer for me.