Just a Baby..

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 10, 2010332 views14 comments

D300s
300mm
1/40 sec, f/16
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +2/3
ISO: 800
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO et

Set at F16 becuase there were many bears around, and a liklihood of several in the frame at different distances.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on September 10, 2010 at 8:09 AM

Very cute cub. I like the little red tongue sticking out. I am curious as to your reason for using such a slow SS and such a large DOF to get this image. Was this HH or tripod?

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on September 10, 2010 at 9:22 AM

Super cute - love the monotonous tones mixed up with the green.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 10, 2010 at 9:55 AM

Sandy, this little one is just adorable! Love the tongue sticking out....gives him sort of a mischievious look! Also curious about the f/16....were you going for an animalscape?

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on September 10, 2010 at 10:22 AM

Definately got the cute factor Sandy, your comp/crop is very good. The tongue sticking out and the bears colouring is great too.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 10, 2010 at 12:51 PM

Way to go! I love his color and the tongue. The surroundings are pleasing. If this is cropped, I think I would prefer a tiny (very slight) shift of the cub to our right...and in a perfect world you could have been flat on you stomach in the sand to get a lower camera angle, but this is darned nice!

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Comment posted by Ron Richins on September 10, 2010 at 2:14 PM

Now that's a cute little fella. Love the tongue action.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on September 10, 2010 at 4:03 PM

Very nice cub! The pose and the tongue are wonderful.

Congrats

D&L

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on September 10, 2010 at 4:29 PM

Super cute, love that tongue.

Another wonderful sighting. Great work Sandy.

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Comment posted by JACK NEAL on September 10, 2010 at 10:51 PM

Love the picture, Sandy! Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Marco Poggioni on September 11, 2010 at 4:26 AM

Absolutely lovely picture! II agree a very little crop to move the bear towords the right,
The pose is fantastic

Marco

Registered on August 6, 2009, 15 Posts, 38 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on September 11, 2010 at 3:33 PM

He's a cutie Sandy!!! Nice light and habitat too. I agree with Lon about the compostion, a little more room on the left might make for more pleasing photo.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on September 11, 2010 at 9:58 PM

I, too, am curious about the f16, Sandy. It looks like you were quite close to the cub; so, even the use of f16 has given you only a shallow dof - just look at the oof grasses behind the cub. Which means that even if you chose the narrowest of apertures, other bears 'in the frame at different distances' would have been rendered fuzzy. Lovely, cute expression on the cub, btw.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on September 12, 2010 at 5:02 PM

Lovely image Sandy, there so cute at this age

Andy...

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Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on September 14, 2010 at 3:09 AM

What an endearing image.

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