Black Bear

[John Mack]

This image was created in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on 12/5/19 at 8:39AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
403mm
ISO 4000
f6.3
1/320sec

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi John ... well this is way better than the previous images . Nice and clean shot . Subject nicely separated and he seems to be on a mission ......

Love the contrast between the black bear and the frosty looking ground . Works well on the tonal side for me , just think the bear is carrying to much blue /cyan .

Keep them coming ....

TFS Andreas

Here is a demo how the bear can look like ...

[Jonathan Ashton]

I agree this one is better, is the grass frosty? I wonder if the colour temp is slightly low.

[Steve Kaluski]

Being side on John you should have achieved a better result, however with the bear on the move you needed more SS, where was the FP here, you can find that if you open the image up in DPP. Was it single or multiple FP's? The WB is certainly better in the OP, but still carries blue in the coat and I find the environment a bit saturated, being cold I might have expected it to be cooler? Andreas's RP is better, but carry's a tad of either colour noise, or a green tinge in the coat around the stomach. POV is better, but I might darken the BKG.

TFS
Steve

[haseeb badar]

This is definitely the better frame amongst the earlier two , and the colours way better this time. I also liked Andreas RP but would prefer something between your OP and RP in terms of colours. Agree with Steve reg ss and FP , but i liked this image better.

TFS !

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Ji John, a nice side pose of this black bear with good details. More SS would have helped here.

[John Mack]

Thanks Folks.

I don't mind the blue it was a cold clear morning.
Yes that is frost on the ground.
It was a single focus point. It was right on the bears neck.

[Steve Kaluski]

It was a single focus point. It was right on the bears neck.

OK John, if you are saying that the FP was somewhere in the RH area of the 20 AFP's then I would still feel that the IQ is down to SS, but... remember the further you work out from the centre the accuracy albeit small, does tail off. I would have clicked to AF point expansion just to give yourself a bit more to lock onto, however...

I still strongly recommend that you at some point get your camera and lens into Canon for calibration because IMHO the 5D will be out. Now I could suggest you try Micro AF adjustment and change it to xxx, but the issue is you then have to set it for static & moving subjects (two settings and if you forget to switch you will have well OOF images) hence saying take it to Canon as they do it by computer. Off the top of my head I would think it might be no more than $100 plus taxes, but long term worth it. John I have no idea on your background or circumstances so this is just a suggestion, however you love shooting wildlife, you are making good progress, but I just feel your images could be better if you get the kit calibrated. In the overall cost it should cover carriage charges along with insurance, so you should be covered, but check.

I'm guessing, but this link may help and I'm sure Canon can advise you on what is best.
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/p...tion?locations