Low Cloud

[Rachel Hollander]

This bearscape was taken the one day there was a bit of heavier cloud cover while I was at Silver Salmon Creek. I liked the way the cloud blanketed the top of the nearby mountain and the layers of the habitat. This is taken facing inland, away from Cook Inlet.

Canon 5D3
100-400 II @ 100mm
1/1500
f5.6
ISO 1600
HH, ff, levels, curves, color adjustments, sharpened in PSCC.


C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Gabriela Plesea]

Beautiful bearscape, Rachel. Nice techs, subject well placed within the frame and I like the walking pose.

A very neat image well processed, great detail on the subject itself. This would make a perfect postcard Wonderful 3D feel here. As well as colours.

If you wish you could try a more contrasty version but I guess your intention was to reproduce what you saw... Love that blanket of cloud BTW

Warmest regards,

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Rachel, another fine bear image with lot to like. Comp, tech and PP all very nicely done. TFS.

[Don Railton]

Hi Rachel

A nice strong image of a bear in habitat. I like the pose of the bear and the composition. I know you wildlife guys look at the wildlife, but the landscape photog in me is looking and wondering what is going on along the ridge line?? Is it a masking line that's not feathered?? I agree with Gabriela that the upper half of the image could do with a little more contrast... but I respect its your image & your vision..

Don

[haseeb badar]

Hi Rachel -- This is a fantastic bearscape ! I loved the feel to it because of the clouds and beautifully lined up trees. The subject is nicely placed in the frame as well. Outline of the mountain appears a bit odd to me .

A very fine capture nonetheless.

TFS !

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Gabriela, Sanjeev, Don and Haseeb. Don and Haseeb - no masking in the area you pointed out. Looking at other images facing that way, the lower edge of the cloud is not at the top of the mountain but rather significantly below the top. The mountain had some areas that still had snow or are glaciers there permanently. I think the lower edge of the cloud is at the low edge of some of the glaciers and that's the white edge you see.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[keith mitchell]

Rachel I do like this type of image that gives the viewer a hint of the conditions and this one works very well,coming down from what looks like fairly hostile to a nice pleasant almost meadow like conditions.Bear looks small in comparison but all works very well for me.

Keith.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like the image and composition. Given the low cloud it makes me think the grass is a little vibrant and the dry stems just a little bright. I would try lowering the brightness of the grassy meadow a little, just to see the effect WDYT?

[Andrew Merwin]

A beautiful capture of the weather, scenery & the bear.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Keith, Jon and Andrew for the comments and suggestions. As always, they are very much appreciated.

[Glenn Pure]

What a great scene you've captured Rachel. This one has a lot going for it but for me I feel is a little flat and thin at the moment. Everyone will have a different interpretation but I would have made this a moodier shot by darkening the whole image and adding a bit of intensity to the deeper tones. Just my take though and happy to respect your choice here.