Running Bear

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 9, 2010241 views9 comments

All these bear pictures has made me nostalgic. We had to cancel our Yellowstone trip this year on account of moving to Ottawa this spring and it'll be two more moths before I'm back in Katmai so I thought I'd post an older photo from my last Alaska trip. This sow was running down salmon near the mouth of the Brooks River this time two years ago. Appreciate the feedback and hope you all enjoy another bear. Thanks for looking!

Canon EOS 40D
100-400L IS @ 400mm
F7.1, 1/800 sec, ISO 500

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by JACK NEAL on July 10, 2010 at 1:25 AM

Good Bear! i like your bg and color.Lots of action in this shot. Thanks for posting.

Registered on September 26, 2009, 131 Posts, 554 Comments

Comment posted by Melissa Olsen on July 10, 2010 at 5:12 PM

Someday I will get to Alaska until then I will have to enjoy images like this one. Fabulous action capture..love the splashing of water and his expression.

Registered on July 1, 2010, 4 Posts, 34 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 10, 2010 at 11:46 PM

Love the dripping water from the face and the droplets around the feet - they contrast nicely with the still grasses and water in front of the bear which are about to be disrupted.

- Luke

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on July 11, 2010 at 3:52 AM

Very nice Joe! I like the bear's pose and the habitat with those long grasses blowing in the wind makes this very appealing. Two very, very small 'nits'; firstly the water has an ever so slight magenta cast on my calibrated monitor. Secondly I would try cropping a sliver from the top to eliminate the bright patch in the TRC.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on July 11, 2010 at 8:47 PM

Like the way the bear is coming through the grass. I do see a little magenta in the water.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on July 12, 2010 at 10:00 AM

Hi Joe,

My favourite part of the image is the focused look on the bear's face. The water droplets around the face (visible to me only on the larger version) add a lot of visual interest to the image (at least to me).

Cheers...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 14, 2010 at 3:56 PM

Joe, I am not sure why this has so few coments. I like the comp on this quite a bit and love the action in it. I do see the magenta cast, but that should be easily correctable. Nice work!!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Joe James on July 14, 2010 at 9:48 PM

Thanks everyone for the nice comments and helpful hints. I do have a quick question if someone has a moment.....how do I fix that magenta cast? Thanks for the help and advice.

Registered on November 20, 2009, 89 Posts, 808 Comments

Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on August 17, 2010 at 1:58 PM

Hi Joe,
I love the action in this photo and the look on the bear's face: top BG is a bit noisy, that could be blurred. The magenta cast is actually a purple cast, I think, so just turn down the saturation of the purple colour a bit. Hope it works!
Grtz, Ingrid.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 138 Posts, 780 Comments