Coastal Brown Bear

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 24, 2015142 views8 comments

This image represents what happens when things seem to work out just the way you want them to. This is a female coastal brown bear I photographed in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska several years ago. She had been fishing in the tidal streams with her second-year cub for quite a while before they finally nailed a meal. While her cub finished off the remains of the salmon, momma walked up the slope of the beach and surveyed the area. The sunset, the backdrop, her pose... lets just say I was shooting furiously. I've struggled with getting the horizon line to appear strait in this image as the beach was very uneven, but hopefully I've leveled it for the most part. Thanks for looking!
~Camera and Settings~
Body: Pentax K7
Lens: Pentax DA 55-300mm
70mm, ISO 400, F/14, 1/640 sec.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Gary Minish on November 24, 2015 at 7:44 PM

An excellent silhouette shot, Katie! I really like the composition with the bear looking into the same scenery we can see. The only nit I have is that it seems to have a fairly strong magenta caste. If you adjusted it a bit more to the cyan side I think it would be just as nice but have a more natural feel.

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Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on November 24, 2015 at 9:17 PM

Lovely scenery, Katie. Also love the rim lighting on the bear.

Cheers,

Hisham.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 25, 2015 at 2:28 AM

Framed in an exquisite manner !!!
Jagdeep Rajput devil

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Comment posted by Louis Pattis on November 25, 2015 at 2:56 PM

Classic wildlife in in its environment shot, it does not get any better then this, love this image, well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 26, 2015 at 2:00 AM

Kate,
Love the muted colours in the background, first class image devil

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 26, 2015 at 9:10 AM

Hey Katie,

I REALLY like this one (and to my eye the horizon looks just fine). Beautiful "bearscape" with great lighting, great backdrop, and more. Love it.

My only even remotely negative comment is that I don't think this one needs to be presented in a pano-fashion (but, of course, because I have no way of knowing WHAT was cropped off I can't say this with certainty). This is primarily a personal preference issue in that these days panos seem to be everywhere (and I guess I'm growing just a tad tired of them!).

But great as presented - well done!

Brad

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 27, 2015 at 2:28 PM

A truly spectacular and pretty unique image Katie, love the backlighting and how all the elements come together so well here, congrats! devil

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on November 27, 2015 at 2:38 PM

Very nice...love it as is! devil

Grt, Ingrid.

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