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    Young black bear with pink salmon in tree
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    This very young adult preferred eating its catch in the safety of a tree. When the 2 or 3 year olds get a fish, they are quite nervous about eating it on the ground for fear of losing it to one of the bigger bears or worse.

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    Very cool image, nice and sharp throughout. Love the look & detail of the bears face and the almost peek a boo stance between the branches.
    I wonder if about a 1/4 off the left side for an even closer crop & minimizing the bright background would make this an even stronger image.
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    I like this alot John, as the environment & location is different from the normal images we see (not wanting to take anything away from the existing threads), however based on the accompanying info, it's illuminating too. ;) Nicely captured, look forward to seeing more.

    I just wonder if it could stand a fraction off the top and a little less tree trunk< but still love as posted.

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    John,

    Wonderful image, with excellent color and detail.

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    Excellent detail and color...I like the comp on this quite a bit. I also like the curious look on the bears face.

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    John - great image and not something we often see. The young brown bears were running off with their catch too but not someplace we could follow. Excellent detail and color.

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    great capture better the bear is eating the salmon and nothing
    else

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    love this John...definitely a different take on the bear-with-fish
    maybe a tad oversharpened?
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    One x=excellent image John , I liked this very much as posted
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    Hi John,
    I think you did a good job of capturing the nervousness of the bear that you described. I like the trunk anchoring the right side and the way the three branches divide the image without distracting.

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    Sweet as presented John One powerful image and love the behavior !!!

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    Thanks everyone for taking the time to comment!

    Steve, I tried a crop as suggested. In fact I cropped this one the other day and was undecided on the two til I posted the full frame.
    here is the crop.

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    Hi John, cropping/framing however you like to call it, is always very subject and no two people see things the same, or rarely. :D

    Personally I think this works and is better than the OP because the tree is not so dominate, I might also crop a fraction more of to lose the that bit where a branch kinks away lh corner, but that is only for esthetics. ;) I would also be keen to retain the depth you had too, sadly creating an awkward format perhaps, unless there is more on the lhs? WDYT?

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    very nice and interesting composition, I love the image in pane #12. TFS
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Hi John, cropping/framing however you like to call it, is always very subject and no two people see things the same, or rarely. :D
    Personally I think this works and is better than the OP because the tree is not so dominate, I might also crop a fraction more of to lose the that bit where a branch kinks away lh corner, but that is only for esthetics. ;) I would also be keen to retain the depth you had too, sadly creating an awkward format perhaps, unless there is more on the lhs? WDYT?

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    Steve, I see your points, and thanks for taking time to experiment with the crop. I'm in agreement with Arash here in that my favorite is pane #12. The crop in pane #13 for me has the bear too tight to the top of the frame. I still think the image with the most depth is the OP, with those OOF mossy branches in the upper BG. As for any more to work with, OP is full frame. Again, thanks.

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