Hi folks another younger Kamtchatka Brown Bear ....with his catch LOL.
This guy found this wing of a gull on the shore of Kuril Lake ...and was playing / feeding with it , no salmon was running at that time so he decided to take this .
I just like the look the bear was giving us ....
Canon EOS 1Dx
EF 500 IS L II + 1,4 TC
Tripod
F 5,6 ; Iso 3200 ; 1/2500 sec ; man exp and auto Iso ( a bit more DOF would not have hurt the image )
Processed with Capture One 12 and PSCC 2019 ; slight crop for comp
Thanks for watching and commenting to my previous posting
Happy New Year to all of you .....may 2019 be a good year on all counts .
Hi Andreas, based on the posting I'm assuming it was overcast and so for me, the colours look/appear faithful, but the bear being darker than the BKG I just get the feeling the metering may have been slightly fooled. My thoughts on the previous posting re SS & DoF apply to this one too, but again, it's with hindsight and or making an assumption based on the presentation, would I have done the same, perhaps.
Thanks so much Marc , John , Jon and Steve for your kind comments , much appreciated !!!!
Jon - well matter of taste in terms of color , but the day was overcast so colors should be more on the cool side IMHO . I wanted the reds/yellows more dull in the first place , but decided for more color depth during process . ( soft light 66 % to the red channel ) did the things i wanted.
Marc - Kamtchatka was Bear heaven to me , i enjoyed it very much , will try to revisit in 2020.
Steve - wonder how you think the metering got fooled ? Image was very well exposed ...slightly clipped in the splashing water , so loads of detail in the shadow parts of the bear .
Hello Andreas,
Priceless moment well captured - super timing Boetie Wonderful pose from the subject!
Framing is great and content is superb. Well processed too. Would have liked to see a warmer version but I understand your intention to stay faithful to conditions at the time.
Real bear heaven, Kamchatka. A bit far for me but I would love to go there one day. Let us see some more, please.