Great Hunter ...

[Andreas Liedmann]

.. well he wants to become one , as this is a rather young guy . He got a fish and ran off with it , full of fear because of the bigger bears .
Hi all image taken on the banks of Kuril Lake on Kamtchatka .
Framing / cropping is not ideal ... as this was not framed very good in the first place . Bear running to right and looking to left .... ... plus the salmon . This was the only frame where the Salmon was clearly visible .... so i took this one .
Canvas added to the left and cropped from right , height is as shot ... so basically a full frame image. Overall a bit too tight in height .... but

Canon EOS 1Dx II
EF 500 IS L II + 1,4 TC
Tripod

F 6,3 ; Iso 1250 ; 1/2000 sec

Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2023

THanks for watching and commenting to my previous thread

Cheers Andreas

[Jonathan Ashton]

Looks great to me I am happy with the composition he is slightly to the right of centre looking to the left, the salmon is well shown he even has a raised paw, his eyes are showing beautifully.

[Steve Kaluski]

A real cool image, but shooting so tight on the height is a crying shame, but in the heat of the moment. Can see some more midtone, or another form of contrast other than Contrast...

TFS
Steve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Jon and Steve for your commenst , much appreciated .

@ Steve .... i do agree 100 % about the " crying shame " , this guy was on the move for a " longer time " .... and i did not take it into account that he might come that close . All the way the Salmon was facing the BG ..... and all of a sudden the Bear turned it´s head , i was too tight . End of story .....

IMHO no need for more mid tone and/ or contrast .... and for sure not , never ever the contrast thingie via slider . If i use that slider in converter .... than to the negative side .

Cheers andreas

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

I like this a lot Andreas. The pose of the young lean bear with the salmon is captivating. The POV is nice and you did well in adding canvas.Super techs as usual. Nice one.

[Jonathan Ashton]

If the head room is an issue then why not add a little canvas to the top??????

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Sanjeev for your comment much appreciated .

[Andreas Liedmann]

If the head room is an issue then why not add a little canvas to the top??????

Agree would be an easy fix ... the bigger issue is at the foot !!! And if i can´t make it look realistic ( at the foot ) ..... i skip it .