Dreaming of Salmon ...

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks this Bear was having a rest in the Kambalnaya River on Kamtchatka , waiting for Salmon to run past him .... from time to time the Bears had a rest in the river bed when there were not that many bears .


Canon EOS 1Dx II
EF 200 - 400 IS L ( at 560 mm )
HH

F 7,1 ; Iso 8000 ; 1/2500 sec

Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2022 ; slightly cropped for comp

Thanks for looking and commenting to my previous postings

Cheers Andreas

[Gabriela Plesea]

Andreas, I am such a fan of close-ups so this is right up my alley
Great composition. DoF is spot on and techs overall just right. Love the pose and colours are superb.
Wonderful textures and detail, I think this is one of your nicest bear images - love it !

Kind regards,

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Gabriela ... glad you like it
Not sure , about one of the nicest ... but your call . I rather prefer action ... I am a boy

But I will post more close-ups .

[Gabriela Plesea]

This just grabs me. Lots of expression, mood. The way the bear ' embraces ' this rock. Superb pose, colours are great too.

I like everything about it. Who needs action when one has so much to look at

[Andreas Liedmann]

Girls ....

[Gabriela Plesea]

[Jonathan Ashton]

Andreas, I am just back form Scotland hence the late comment. Boy oh boy, what a shot! this is absolutely riveting, I can't take my eyes off it, I keep looking again and again, the details and colours are 10/10

[Marc Mol]

Loving the dream-like pose here Andreas,

with excellent quality and detail/colour/tones in the fur and particularly the moss/lichen covered rock pillow.

TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Andreas, the image makes me feel like I was there. Nice work, thank you for sharing.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks folks for your kind comments ... much appreciated .

[Mike Poole]

Different to the usual bear shots, and all the better for it. Usual high IQ, and a nice relaxed pose

Mike

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Mike much appreciated