Yellow Grizzly

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 31, 2017213 views6 comments

This is one of two young grizzlies we were fortunate enough to see on the road East of Fishing Bridge. Fortunately we were only the third car in line when they showed up, and the rangers hadn't arrived yet to shut everyone out of seeing the wildlife in Yellowstone.

Specs: Canon 5Diii, iso 640, f8, 1/320 sec, 100-400 ISL ii with 1.4 TC at 560 mm, 80% of original in large version, slightly different crop for small version. Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions for improvements.

Full disclosure, I cloned out a few OOF pine tips in the FG.

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6 comments

Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on August 31, 2017 at 10:33 PM

Hi Ed,
Very nice shot with a great pose and setting. Is that a waterfall behind him? I think the shadows need to be opened up especially in the eyes. I hope you don't mind but the I tweaked it a bit.

What you said is not offensive but I'm sure the crowd's benefit to the local economy is one consideration. I came back from Yellowstone/Tetons last Friday. The Tetons always attract less people because they don't have the geysers, waterfalls etc... If you want the wildlife, it's a better deal in the summer.

Hisham.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on September 1, 2017 at 12:20 AM

Thank you Hisham. It is not a waterfall in the BG, but there was a grey hillside with a lot of burnt trees. I always hesitate to try to lift the shadows too much when I am processing because I have overdone it in the past with poor results, but you have done a nice job bringing out the catch light in the eye with your processing. Thank you, Ed

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on September 1, 2017 at 10:10 AM

Ed, I have found the rangers in Yellowstone a bit heavy handed at times and downright mean at other times. Not sure what the solution is, but it does seem when something worthwhile appears, the rangers show up and make everyone move on.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on September 2, 2017 at 11:05 AM

Ed: I really like the pose of the bear and the detail that you've captured. Two minor suggestions: 1, crop a bit from the left and 2, take down the saturation of the greens just a bit. Richard

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Comment posted by David Bogener on September 2, 2017 at 5:26 PM

I would love to have this image in my files. I have been to Yellowstone several times and all my grizzly sightings have been at very great distance. Nicely composed and I do think Hisham's edits improve.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 11, 2017 at 4:09 PM

I'm jealous of your encounter. I agree the tweaking to reveal eye catchlight is strong improvement. Richard offered good ideas, too.

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