Grizzly Stroll

[John Blumenkamp]

This is a grizzly from last weekend around Sedge Bay in Yellowstone....

1DIV @ 700mm
1/500 f/8 iso400
vertical capture

Thanks for taking a look...

John

[Harshad Barve]

Love the POV here and pose , not sure but may be slight boost in sharpening
TFS

[John Blumenkamp]

Thanks Harshad.... I did an 'oops' and hadn't sharpened my first web version of this image. I just updated it since I just posted it - hope it looks better now.

[Harshad Barve]

Ahha , looks far better now

[Ofer Levy]

An impressive image!

[Steve Canuel]

Like the head on view with the slight head turn. Also like the tongue sticking out and the ears being inside the body outline.

[Grant Atkinson]

Excellent angle you have here, like the bg a lot too,
Good unusual bear shot.
TFS
Grant

[Brendon Cremer]

Lovely image, good detail and great BG

[peter delaney]

Hi JoHN

Lovely bear portrait , really like the low angle, hope you do not mind me working on the image, lust needed to tone the light areas in BKG and on the bear...i also added a little vibrance and small amount of sharpening to face.. all quite subtle..

[Marc Mol]

Peter's reworking/toning down the highlights has worked well, great low perspective with tongue poke a bonus.
TFS

[John Blumenkamp]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Peter - I appreciate you taking the time to rework the image... I'll definitely look at toning down some things on the master file. Your help is appreciated!

[Morkel Erasmus]

Love the perspective, light and IQ here John! Peter's repost has addressed my main concerns with your OP (I am seeing the post-Harshad's-comment-sharpened version, right?).

The tongue is a nice touch...

Looks like you had a good time last weekend!

[DanWalters]

Great low angle and color. Nice detail around the eyes as well.

[Rachel Hollander]

John - POV and tongue sticking out make this a special YNP image. Peter's repost takes it up a notch.

TFS,
Rachel