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Super shot Sanjeev I like the composition and the bear looks great. I would suggest masking the bear and lowering the curve on the grasses and also making the stony/gravel surface darker again. - Really like it!
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Great view of this sloth bear. I like the pose and the head on view. The nose on these bears in pretty long. Nice view of that claw.
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Thanks everyone. Gabriela, I had exposed correctly but in PP pulled back a bit to reduce the HL on foreground and I thought there was a bit of clue cast so reduced blues. Will correct these issues thanks for your inputs.
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Great encounter Sanjeev, very envious of you, well done in getting this.
OK, overall the image is tight, not much you could have done with the 500, but maybe going portrait might have been better, but it's not centrally placed. With the bear head on you will run out of DoF quickly, f/8 but even then... however nose to eyes are sharp, so again well done. Yes reducing the blues, but try adding some Clarity rather than Blacks. I would again, darken the FG and add a smidgen of Temp +2 and some Tint -4.
Watch your cloning, but the grey strip on the RHS needs to go.
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
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Thanks a lot Steve, much appreciated.
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What a delightful frame Doc, certainly you should have gone vertical with this one.
I liked the details and Gabriela's RP does a nice job , as lowering the blacks and contrast certainly helps.
Great encounter, TFS !
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Hi Sanjeev .... you are blessed with great opportunities at the place with the sloth bears , that place was already on my bucket list .... but never managed to get there . Maybe when the pandemic is gone and I travel to India .
Really like the head on walking image , nice job . The funny look the bear is giving us is priceless good .
I am not too fuzzed about the color / tones and details in the OP .... with that kit you should get finer details in the fur , maybe the short SS for the movement is not good to get pin sharpness in this image .
The black fur is difficult to handle in post ... you have to nail the exposure .
In parts the image does appear again smudgy from NR .. well at least to my eyes .
TFS Andreas
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