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    Robert Amoruso
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    Default Coastal Brown Bear and Cubs back from clamming

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    Created during my recent Lake Clark National Park Coastal Brown Bear Workshop last month. No correction for noise; even at ISO 1600 it is still acceptable with the Mark III.

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    Canon 600mm + 1.4x TC
    1/320 sec, f/5.6
    Mode: Manual
    Metering: Evaluative
    ISO: 1600

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    hey robert nice image i left the day you got there sorry i missed you nice capture

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    Yes, some noise is present but conditions for most of my trip where overcast and raining so ISO 1600 and slow shutter speeds were a constant. When that happens, I live with the noise in lieu of reducing detail to get rid of it.

    The heaps of sand is where they just were digging. I do have a version with the beached smoothed out that will make it to print. For posting, I go with the unaltered version for critique.

    I appreciate your thoughtful comments Peter, Thanks. :)

    Sorry I missed you Stuart.

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    Killer stare by momma. My favorite bear light. And sharp. My favorite part of the image is the coy look on the cub in the middle. How is David Coray?
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    Hi Artie,

    David is doing great and business there is good. Thanks for your comments. Always hard to get them all looking the right way but I felt this one was best in a series due to the strong eye to eye contact with the Sow and the cub you noted is giving that coy look to.

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    Nothing to critique here - a fabulous shot. What makes this image special is the eye contact with the mother - I've found that unlike most other mammals, bears' eyes tend to be somewhat deepset and difficult to capture, you've successfully overcome this.

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    Debbie,

    Thanks but I must admit a little bit of post processing on the eyes. Your perception is correct on the eyes though as they are many times very dark and hard to see. In this image, the eyes had a lot of clarity but I created a selection on all the eyes, lightened them using a Curves adjustment and selectively sharpened them. I do this with most of my bear images to get better eye contact w/o making it look unnatural.

    Thanks for your kind comments.

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    I like the picture as it is. Very beautiful done.
    Greatly appreciate your explanations.

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    just love the poses and POV here Robert...IQ looks good to me, thanks for the tip in processing the eyes here, might work with similar animals where the eyes get lost easily.
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    Fabulous image Robert. Love the angle and that look from the little one is priceless.

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    Robet,

    Great image with complimentary head angles, leave the diggings, it is how nature looks.

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    Robert,

    Sweet image, and love the low angle and eye contact. I find the high ISO makes the fine detail appear somewhat "chunky" But, as you stated we have to make the most of what we have before us. And, you certainly did that here.

    Best Amigo,

    Chas

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charles Glatzer View Post
    Robert,

    Sweet image, and love the low angle and eye contact. I find the high ISO makes the fine detail appear somewhat "chunky" But, as you stated we have to make the most of what we have before us. And, you certainly did that here.

    Best Amigo,

    Chas
    I understand what you mean Chas. I am not to excited about the shadow recovery area and its noise. In the field I am pushing exposure as high as I can and recovering highlights later in post processing. THis helps the shadows in many cases. In this image, shadows at the legs were still pretty dark. An alternate version I have maintains for shadow on the legs so noise it not as evident.

    Thanks for looking. I appreciate your thoughtful comments.

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