Fine for me. Its an overpowering landscape and the key thing that is important for me is the scale of the place and the size of the bear. I feel that both subjects benefit - the bear is shown small, the landscape huge, and thats a great juxtaposition.
It helps considerbly that the bear is where is it is, both in terms of walking up hill, but also in relation to the clear snow-filled gully behind it, and in relation to the really strong shape of the lower rock. The strong diagonal of the slope really adds a tension to it.
The fact that it looks like B&W until you see the 'colour' of the bear is the icing on the cake.
I think this is suoerb. (but shame about the half-bear, but it does not spoil it for me one bit!)
Posted by Jeroen Stel on February 8, 2010 at 1:59 PM
Very creative image and i like it a lot!
well seen!
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by Tim Taylor on February 8, 2010 at 2:21 PM
A stunning and breathtaking scene. However, for me the blackness and almost stylised appearance of the foreground rock is a big distraction. It would probably look completely different as a large scale print with more detail in the foreground rock.
Tim
Posted by Liam Pauling on February 8, 2010 at 2:30 PM
I really like this, the black and white works really well.
liam
Posted by John Chapman on February 9, 2010 at 4:20 AM
Hi Craig a well thought out picture and I agree with what you say about the foreground.
a very dramatic landscape and as mentioned looks almost monochrome until you see the bear I like this a lot but would remove the half bear
Posted by Craig Jones on February 9, 2010 at 1:42 PM
Love the composition and the ideal works really well for me one bear would have made the image so much stronger,but an image most will not have even seen let alone photographed so on that point well done Craig
Posted by Ian Haskell on February 9, 2010 at 6:26 PM
Superb shot Craig. Monochromatic with a tad bit of colour - smashing!
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The foreground black seems to overpower it a bit though.
Just my humble tuppenceworth !
Cheers
John
It helps considerbly that the bear is where is it is, both in terms of walking up hill, but also in relation to the clear snow-filled gully behind it, and in relation to the really strong shape of the lower rock. The strong diagonal of the slope really adds a tension to it.
The fact that it looks like B&W until you see the 'colour' of the bear is the icing on the cake.
I think this is suoerb. (but shame about the half-bear, but it does not spoil it for me one bit!)
well seen!
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Tim
liam
a very dramatic landscape and as mentioned looks almost monochrome until you see the bear
Ian