Black Bear

[John Mack]

This image was created in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on 8/6/18 at 11:01AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
ISO 800
f8.0
1/250sec

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello John,
This is lovely, I would dare say your best bear image from what I have seen so far. Well exposed, framing is great and I love the pose from the subject. The foliage in the BG is really nice. Colours look good. I like this as presented, very nice work

Kind regards,

[haseeb badar]

Hi John -- I agree with Gabriela, your best Bear image till now what i have seen. Loved the framing and the pose and that tongue sticking out is a bonus. Lack of ss has affected the finer details , you could easily upped that iso .

Nice image.

TFS !

[Andrew McLachlan]

Nice capture John! I usually only get to see their backsides as they bolt away from me :) The tongue stick out is a nice touch.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi John - I agree. This is definitely the best of the bear images that you posted so far. You can bring a little more depth to the blacks while still retaining detail with a curves adjustment pulling down the hls slightly. WDYT?

TFS,
Rachel