Black Bear

[John Mack]

This image was created in the Great Smoky Mountains National park on 8/8/18 at 9:39AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Slight crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
516mm
ISO 800
f6.3
1/1000sec

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello John,

Nice close-up of this Black Bear and techs look good, image well exposed and good detail where it matters. I like the framing too.

Pity about the ear tag and the little branch in the FG, but nothing you could do about it Colours look natural and I love the focus/concentration from the subject - cannot help but wonder what he was looking at?

One of your best Black Bear images and I enjoyed viewing, thank you so much for sharing!

Kind regards,

[Jonathan Ashton]

Well caught John, I guess he just popped through the bush and you were ready, you must have been fairly close so it must have been quite an experience.
Colours and details look spot on.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi John - Nice detail in the face and the colors look good. If it were mine I might back off on the sharpening just slightly.

TFS,
Rachel