Coastal Brown Bear - Lake Clark National Park No. 1

[Robert Amoruso]

From my recent (August 2009) workshop in Lake Clark National Park in Alaska at the fabulous SIlver Salmon Creek Lodge.

Canon 1D Mark III
600mm
Subject dist: 8.8m
1/200 sec, f/4
Mode: Manual
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 1600

No noise correction.

[Harshad Barve]

One of the best close ups I have seen recently, loved those eyes, fur details and use of DOF here
stunning picture, I wish to shoot them sometime in life
TFS

[peter delaney]

love this Robert.. intimate portrait....

i love the the way your eye travels from the snout in FG to the eyes in the BG....

peter

[David Fletcher]

Superb close up Robert. Love the way the attention travels up the snout and is held by those eyes.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very striking portrait Robert with superb eye contact and detail. Love the straight on view.

[Charles Glatzer]

Robert,

Way cool tight in your face portrait. I would only prefer it without the leg behind the face, but we both know how that goes ;)

Best,

Chas

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I like composition and the eye contact. It seems light was pretty low. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Morkel Erasmus]

all has been said! being this close to the bear makes me queasy...top portrait Robert!!

[Steve Canuel]

I really like the rich, reddish brown color of this. Great detail as well.

[Rich Ikerd]

Intense image Robert! Hard to stay put behind the camera with that starring back at you from so close.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Sweet Robert!!! Love the details and in your face portrait!

[Kathy Reeves]

Outstanding!! With the bear look right at you ----he does not look very friendly. Risking life and limb for this photo was worth it!!

[Stu Bowie]

Good job with the focus on the eyes Robert. In a perfect world, the full range of DOF would have been great, but I see on your settings, you didnt have enough light to stop down. Still, great detail throughout, and the comp works well.

[Jasper Doest]

A bit too red for my taste...but what a powerful photograph. Very good framing here. I love those really tight frames. Excellent! I do agree with Chas about the leg...but nothing you could have done about that.