Got One and Repost

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 22, 2011131 views7 comments

This is similar to the one I posted last month but the bear's front leg is vertical in this one. I like the bear's head turn and the view of the fish better on this one IMHO. Alaska- Katmai National Park

Nikon D300 F8 1/250 ISO 400 Nikon 200-400

I used only curves to eliminate some issues I have had with selective coloring using the lasso tool in other shots.

Comments and critiques please. I am looking for a good one to submit to a regional nature photo show.

Thanks

Andrew

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 22, 2011 at 8:37 PM

Nice image - great of the bear's head and the salmon, especially.
Needa a good boost in sats and contrast, imo, as it's pretty flat.
In the large view, it's fairly soft, so try some added sharpening too.
A little levels adjustment of the eye would likely bring it out more.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Andrew Sentipal on September 22, 2011 at 10:11 PM

Sandy is correct as always. The eye was lightened slightly in the original so I did not want to overdue that. Check this version with the contrast and brightness boosted

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 23, 2011 at 12:11 AM

Much better!
Really an excellent catch..
Sandy
(surely NOT always correct!)

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Comment posted by John Tobias on September 23, 2011 at 7:51 AM

The second version is really nice, thanks for sharing and re-posting.

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on September 23, 2011 at 1:32 PM

Respost was definitely way to go. Would be tempted to lighten the eye a few points too.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 23, 2011 at 11:22 PM

Nice capture of the capture Andrew! I think Sandy gave you some good tis, because the repost looks like a huge improvement to my eyes. Congrats on the capture!

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

Comment posted by Brad Hill on September 24, 2011 at 8:15 AM

Hi Andrew,

Definitely agree with the others that the re-post is an improvement. In both versions I quite like the implied movement seen on the left front leg and the wet/dry look of the head. If this image was mine I'd probably do some selective exposure work (increase) in the facial region between the fish's eye and the bear's eye (with care - opening up the exposure here too much would look very unnatural).

Cheers...

Brad

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