Feeding grizzly re-pst

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 6, 2013186 views4 comments

Another griz from years past before digital. This from a scan of a Ektachrome slide. This bear was also feeding on berries, but seemed to have a bit better light.

Canon Rebel
Vivitar 100-400mm @ 400mm from inside the bus.

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Comment posted by John Jeevaratnam on October 6, 2013 at 10:59 PM

Nice natural shot of the bear in its environment John. My critique would be to perhaps lighten the shadow areas of the bear if you shot in RAW. I personally would have played with the colors and brought out the red in its vibrancy and would have lowered the yellow a tad.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 7, 2013 at 9:14 AM

It works pretty well, but the key thing for me that is absent is the presence of a visible eye. It pretty hard to catch them with their head up when they are hungry, and they are always hungry. There is still something tangible and unique about slide film that I like.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on October 7, 2013 at 11:50 AM

Re worked this scan, lightened the shadows some and also color corrections.

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Comment posted by John Jeevaratnam on October 8, 2013 at 12:01 PM

After reading the specs, I seem to like the original post. Perhaps you can use the curves in Photoshop to make adjustments in the image. The second image looks too dry in the background compared to original scan, would be nice to bring out the berries in color (if they are berries).

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