Young Boar Bear

[Rachel Hollander]

Another from Silver Salmon Creek. We saw this young boar a few times. He's the same boar that seemed unsure of his courtship methods and might have been too young to actually mate. Here I liked the eye contact and look on his face. Taken at about 7:30 p.m.

Canon 7D2
100-400 II @ 321mm
1/1600
f5.6
ISO 800
HH, ff, levels, curves, TK luminosity masks, color adjustments, selective burning of the grass at the bottom of the frame, sharpened in PSCC.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[keith mitchell]

Rachel you would think he would do very well with the courting looking like he does,on all these Bears you post the fur looks lovely,to fill the frame like this you must have been very close which must be a wonderful experience,bits of grass from it's meal all adds nice interest.Enjoying these a lot.

Keith.

[Steve Kaluski]

A sweet bear Rachel, love the eyes, but just wished you were a fraction higher to avoid the brighter grass at the foot.

TFS
Steve

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Keith and Steve. Steve, me too

[Mike Poole]

Lovely light on this one, the catchlights make a real difference with that direct stare. Although maybe not ideal I don't really mind the grasses at the bottom, they frame the image Ok

Mike