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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Larry and Butch:
You're right, of course. I have a number of photo close-ups of nursing bears. If I had used a longer lens for a tight shot of the mother and the yearling, it would've been another ho-hum photo. I worked hard in tracking this pair and positioning myself to get the meadow, Slope Mountain, the snow, and the forest in the background. I made a mistake in my title because this is an environmental shot. Maybe something like "Alaska Landscape with Bears" would've been more appropriate. Oh well, live and learn. Next time… |
Sep 8th |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Reply |
This yearling cub is busy starting to nurse. The mother will allow this until next spring when the two-year-olds are driven off to fend for themselves.
These Alaskan Coastal brown bears are somewhat used to groups of photographers. As long as the photographers cluster together, the bears perceive them as a single large entity. Also, humans are not on their diet. These bears eat sedge grasses, clams, and salmon primarily. The first time you see a large bear charging directly towards you to pick a salmon from 10 feet in front of you, you must make the decision - am I going to get the photo or not? I have always opted to get the photo. God looks after small children, idiots, and photographers. |
Sep 1st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Hi Butch: I love your skeleton. A great capture with the skull and horn still with the backbones. The thing that detracts for me is the wildebeest in the background being so out of focus. At f/13 I would have expected them to be sharper.
I understand your post-processing manipulation to show the irony of the wildebeests staring at you over the skeleton, but with them out of focus it misses the mark. |
Sep 1st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Wow! Another great capture and story to match. Timing is everything, isn't it? Nice shift in priorities to take advantage of what nature gave you. You can take pictures of waves breaking on rocks any day. |
Sep 1st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Cindy, as always, an excellent job. I love your Oryx. I think I understand your reason for keeping the dunes in the background; however, I believe the strength of your photo is in your animal. An Oryx is not often seen, and yours is so brilliantly captured. I would be tempted to crop it tighter and find another photo to display Namibia's sand dunes. |
Sep 1st |
| 67 |
Sep 25 |
Comment |
Hi Scott: I can't tell you how many years I've been struggling to find some red foxes to photograph. You have a great capture here with the kit looking directly into your camera. I like your post-processing technique for bringing out the colors in the fox. If it were my image, because the eyes are so expressive, I might have cropped in tighter on the animal. But, that's just me. Well done. |
Sep 1st |
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