Great name for a wildlife park Like the look you're getting here and the BG trees (reminds me of my first encounter with these guys in the mountains of NM). I'm seeing gridlines on this, shot through a fence or is it behind him? Might also run a bit of NR on the BG.
Thanks, Steve. I've only seen these in the wild once (near Hoover Dam) and they were too far away for my lens. The fence is some distance behind him, and I realize now that I should have shot with a larger aperture. I'll go back and try cloning it a bit. The place is great and they have 23 bears (plus 4 newborns) which they have rescued. Unlike a zoo, in many places you can get images without fences, gates, etc.
I had the same problem with fencing in RMNP. If the reflection of the sun was strong, it was almost impossible to eliminate it through contrast/blurring. Bearizona (just fun to say that ) sounds like a neat place, look forward to seeing some more shots from there.
I love the look on the subject's face and agree with the gang on the major problems.
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Sorry to be a bit blunt, Ian...but have to agree with other comments above.
Big nits for me:
1. critical sharpness just doens't seem to be on the face - and I don't think mere sharpening will correct this.
2. BG noise is very exaggerated?
3. I see what looks like the fence mesh in the BG?
4. lack of contrast has left this flat
All in all it might be worth a bit of a rework? I am interested in what other images you got from "Bearizona" (love the name haha)...