Brown Bear scratching on the shore


Posted by stevebein on Sat Sep 20, 2003 8:39 pm

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This Alaskan Brown was at he sea shore at Lake Clark NP. The water was running in little rivlets making parallel lines behind the bear. I cropped out about 50% which was only background and more of the same.
The drops of water coming off it and the darker hind legs from sitting in the water make it interesting to me.
The tongue hanging out makes it seem likes he likes being scratched
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by E.J. Peiker on Sat Sep 20, 2003 9:34 pm
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This one totally cracks me up - the rear leg head scratch and the wagging tounge are too funny.
 

by Juan A. Pons on Sat Sep 20, 2003 10:19 pm
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Pretty humorous pose. I specially like the tounge. It does seem though that you have a color cast to this image, I would try to correct the white balance and see what that does to improve your image.
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by chris earle on Sat Sep 20, 2003 10:21 pm
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A very funny pose. I'll bet that backgound looks great behind a "more tradition" pose.
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by AlexC on Sat Sep 20, 2003 10:45 pm
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He sure looks as if he is having fun!!!!
Funny image of a bear!!!! Congrats!!! 8)
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by Tim Grams on Sun Sep 21, 2003 9:24 am
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Great action shot- looks like some serious coordination is involved for the bear!

I like the background and the crop looks good.
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by Cindy Marple on Sun Sep 21, 2003 1:14 pm
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I had a cat that used to do this occasionally! Very funny pose. I like the layers in the bg but was also wondering about the color. It almost is like a sepia toned image.
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by NDCheryl on Sun Sep 21, 2003 2:29 pm
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Very entertaining pose. I would like to see it with the color corrected.
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by Kelly on Sun Sep 21, 2003 9:06 pm
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Steve, Thanks for the laugh! It would be an amusing shot of the gymnastics alone, but the tongue really puts it over the top.
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by stevebein on Mon Sep 22, 2003 1:06 am
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If I remember it was a brownish area, sand and water running off, but my monitor does not seem to work as well since I used the spyder on it to calibrate. I'll see what I can do about the cepia tone and repost it here later.
-- Later, I played with the color adjustments and hope the balance is better.
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by Carol Clarke on Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:51 am
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Funny catch Steve!

This would make a great poster.

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