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Ken - Brown bears/grizzlies can be many different colors from blond to cinnamon to dark brown, so given that I took this 18 mos ago probably either can be correct. I think I tend to like my images slightly cooler than most others seem to like. This was taken late evening though the sun doesn't set until around midnight in early July and it was overcast.
Thanks for the repost.
Rachel
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Hi Rachel, good call on the crop.
Would look at reducing the Reds & magentas in the water, giving it some brightness and perhaps a hint more USM, but with water 'frozen in frame' it can look too sharp. Might look also at trying to open up some of the darker areas, again, just a wee bit. Sadly the rock exposed in the water near the nose is not ideal. 
TFS
Steve
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Thanks Steve. I had reduced the reds and magentas selectively on the bear and probably needed to do it slightly to the whole image instead. I agree that water can look too sharp at times and I tried to avoid that.
Thanks,
Rachel
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Rachel,
Thanks for your response I am bewildered as to where the reds and magentas are in the water biut I can see a bluey green strip running out from eye level, the small amount of rock does not bother me either
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Rachel,
if this is the same bear I've photographed there the last 4 summers he's more on the red side, but late and overcast can certainly change things and your right that both are in the normal range of colors for Alaskan brown bears.
I want to congratulate you on how you reduced the shadows. The hardest thing with bears is too get enough light where the eyes are, primarily due to the shapes of their heads and you did really well here. Especially with not overexposing the water.
Tough shot, pretty, and sets a mood for me. I don't care about the rocks and don't see much color tint either but I'm on a Mac at work.
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Looks much better Rachel, with more detail coming through now, well done.
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Rachel,
I like what Ken did in his repost. The added mid-tone contrast/sharpness has a nice affect IMO.
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Rachel,
Somewhere between Ken and your repost would hit it for me. I like your comp and how the edge of the falls cuts that diagonal across the frame.
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Rachel,
I like Ken's repost best. Your repost has some of the water too bright (on my laptop screen). I do not see a magenta problem. Too bad photographers can't get lower at Brooks falls (I have been there too). Lower would have helped.
Roger
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The story makes the picture and vice-versa. It's easy to imagine a patient but rather disappointed bear. I like it.
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Robert and Roger,
Thanks very much for your comments on my repost, I am afraid I was concentrating on the Bear and did not really notice the casts in the BG,
I have used Nik for more years than I care to remember I think I found out about it from a German photographer, I find that it is by far the best suite of "manupulation" software, although it needs to be used carefully, however I do not find the sharpener to be as convincing as Focal Blade
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Superb Rachel, also like Ken repost but love the tight composition and pin sharp bear well done.
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Thanks all for the kind comments and suggestions. Roger - I see the highlights in the water that you mentioned.
Thanks again,
Rachel
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I liked what Ken has re-done here , excellent image
TFS
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