Salmon Catch

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 27, 2017105 views4 comments

One of my goals for this trip was to catch a Spirit Bear with a salmon in his mouth. While I witnessed many salmon catches by many bears, capturing an image with the fish and the bear's face visible at the same time proved challenging. More often than not, after catching a salmon, the bears turned away from me. Also, in order to get a high shutter speed to freeze the action, a high ISO was needed. It was always a battle between shutter speed and ISO. This was one of my better attempts. I like the fact that the fish is prominent. I also like the way the water is cascading off the fish. Processed with Lightroom, Photoshop and Lightzone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 1DX Mark II
Canon 70-200 f2.8 L IS
f4.0
1/500s
Focal Length 200mm
ISO 3200

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on October 27, 2017 at 12:11 PM

I think you met your goal very well! The larger image is full of details, and the colors seem to be right on. I do think you could have cropped this a bit tighter on the face and fish, but fine as it is. Have enjoyed this series of bear photos. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on October 27, 2017 at 5:49 PM

Jerry: Goals met! This is an excellent photo showing behavior and has captured great detail as well. The cascading water coming off the fish is a big plus. This deserves to be hung large. Richard

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on October 28, 2017 at 6:54 PM

I like this one best in your bear series I think. Although the shaker was also amazing. You definitely captured this very well. Great detail. Great lighting.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 1, 2017 at 10:00 PM

I like the sense of expression in the eyes of both the fish and the spirit bear.

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