Games between bears

Good moment.

Nice action/behavior shot. Nice expression on the mom. Must have been an exciting moment. Thanks for sharing.

Great catch Marco, very impressive pic

Beautiful colors, lovely interaction. I love the setting/surrounding....

You have capture a nice scene. that must have been an exciting moment. i love the colors and the setting.

One of the key things in wildlife photography that makes an image more than a "picture OF something" is the inclusion of vital and interesting behavior, be it running, playing, fighting, hiding, threatening, and so on. This has that important element with the sow teaching her cub with this play fighting behavior. I see many strong positives, like inclusion of dramatic claws, good eye lighting, open mouthed teeth,and excellent profile shape of a grizzly head. The posture creates a strong triangular compositional shape. I really like the layers of green, buff and yellow in the grassy meadow, which creates an impressionistic painterly effect. The light area in the upper right corner is a slight distraction. That could possibly be darkened a bit in post processing to make it less of an eye grabber. You might also consider that a crop to 4x5 ratio would eliminate much of that white zone and move the bears a little out of exact center in the frame. So a wee bit of experimenting might make a very good image even better! Congrats on a fine moment, well captured.

Marco, on a side note, I notice you have been a member of NPN for a few months but have barely posted or participated. Even if English may not be your first language, it is clear you have much to contribute! Please feel relaxed about posting your images and especially taking a little time to share some of your unique experience and insight! I really look forward to seeing more and having your viewpoint enliven the fauna gallery!

Great capture, Marco! I like the behavior of the two bears in their natural environment.
Mauro

Incredible shot, great interaction, beautiful color, nice included habitat.

You have captured a lovely moment of interaction between a mother and her cub, Marco! I like the mother's facial expression, and the way her left arm intertwines around the cub's right, and the wrinkled nose and exposed teeth.

HI Marco,

Good timing on this one! You've frozen the action effectively and the subjects are nicely isolated from the (pleasing) background. I'm not 100% certain about the dead centre placement, tho' there are arguments for it (and certainly the playing bears should be "centre of attention" here!). I'm wondering if cropping a little of the out-of-focus vegetation at the bottom of the frame - thus slightly lowering the subjects in the frame - might strengthen this image a little more. On my monitor the colours look a little too punchy (i.e., a little over-saturated), especially the distant background...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...I look forward to future contributions from you!

Brad

Very nice action shot. I might crop a hair off the right side and rotate it a little clockwise.

Excellent photo Marco. Tone down the saturation a tad and darken the spot in the URC and its perfect IMO!

Marco, Lon's comment has covered all topics. IMO if you have room on the left you can easily remove that white area from the URC and contemporarily re-place the subject out of the full center. personally i like details, pose and behavior but it seems a little over-saturated.

Ciao, Luca

Great interaction and color. Like the low angle as well!

Thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions.

Marco

Great setting and wonderful interaction ! Beautiful atmosphere n foreground, but I find white background on the right bit distracting.
Jagdeep Rajput