Colorado Black Bear+repost

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 29, 2012196 views12 comments

Yesterday late evening I had a great experience to photograph that giant beauty,
C&C welcome!

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure Time: 0.0031s (1/320)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 2500
File Size: 11.13 MB
Flash: flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Metering: spot
Exposure Program: aperture priority
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Exposure Mode: auto
White Balance: auto
Color Space: sRGB

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 29, 2012 at 2:12 PM

Great look at this bear! Face, eyes, and fur very sharp. Tough to catch a bear's eyes, as their heads are usually down.
There is a distinct blue tinge to the fur, though - maybe your monitor (or mine!) needs a bit of calibrating? Easy to correct -
Excellent shot!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on August 29, 2012 at 4:21 PM

I also see the blue - and it's "heavy"!

Nice open view of the bear and composition though.

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Verdon on August 29, 2012 at 4:37 PM

I agree with you dear friends, I had more than one version (made again mistake with posting the right one...) and here is one of them, hope the colors are authentic.... Thank you for your honesty!

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Runco on August 29, 2012 at 9:39 PM

Color on the repost is much better Verdon - I'm all too familiar with the way those low light shots can give you the "blue bear". If it were mine I'd definitely think about boosting the blacks and increasing the contrast levels a bit, nice capture though.

Registered on September 9, 2008, 77 Posts, 705 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 29, 2012 at 9:51 PM

Re-post looks pefect from here!
Well done!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Verdon on August 29, 2012 at 11:18 PM

Thank you very much dear friends, VDN!

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on August 30, 2012 at 12:36 AM

Great looking bear Verdon

The re-post is on the money.

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on August 30, 2012 at 9:46 AM

Repost looks good! Might still benefit from toning down blues slightly and also toning down some magenta I see coming through?

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on August 31, 2012 at 9:22 AM

Hi Verdon,

I guess an alternate approach to pulling back on the blue would have been to claim this was one of the rare Blue Bears found in northern BC and Alaska!

I like the natural framing that the ferns have provided you with here - works well for me. Image detail looks good (especially on the larger version). I'd be tempted to crop a little off the bottom here, removing the brown/magenta object touching the lower left side of the frame (and also removing some of the out-of-focus vegetation at the same time). I think this is one of the few images (in my opinion) that could work quite well in a near square crop.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on September 1, 2012 at 8:51 PM

Verdon,
Way to go on this one, Cool Capture and this is a Big Boy too.

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 2, 2012 at 9:54 PM

I like the re-post very much. The detail of eyes and burrs make this one engaging.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 5, 2012 at 10:40 AM

Great detail and eye to eye contact, I like the natural environment also Verdon.
I see the repost took care of the blue channel, well done!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments