Bear necessities... what's for lunch? C&C please

[ronlane]

This will be my 250th post, so I thought I would post a couple of pictures for C&C.

1. It's a bear's life


IMG_6366 by Ron_Lane, on Flickr

2. Doe x 2


IMG_6346 by Ron_Lane, on Flickr

 

[fjrabon]

they're great nature captures, but I don't think the light did you any favors on them.

 

[Rick58]

Nothing wrong with these. If the lighting would have been frontal, it would have just been another brown bear shot. I kind'a like the light hitting him on the back and you didn't lose the bear on the shadow side.
Maybe next time you can tap him on the shoulder and ask for a better pose. That would also answer the whole "lunch" question.

 

[ronlane]

Thank you both for the c&c. I see what you both are saying, the only thing that helped was that I had gotten a ND filter the day before, which allowed a little better exposure without blowing out.

Next time, I'll be sure to stop him and make him pose correctly before taking the picture. I'll use my "assistant" for that. Any volunteers

 

[fjrabon]

Thank you both for the c&c. I see what you both are saying, the only thing that helped was that I had gotten a ND filter the day before, which allowed a little better exposure without blowing out.

Next time, I'll be sure to stop him and make him pose correctly before taking the picture. I'll use my "assistant" for that. Any volunteers

did you use flash? If not, how did your ND filter help you? What did it accomplish that a faster shutter speed wouldn't?

 

[ronlane]

No, I didn't use a flash. It allowed me to use a little slower shutter speed. As for it helping, maybe it was just me and helping in my mind.

 

[WesternGuy]

Nice images as others have posted their comments, mine would be about the same. The only additional one I would make is to not crop them so close. What makes "wildlife" shots interesting is to place the animal in its environment. For all I can tell from these shots is that they could have been taken at a zoo - maybe they were(?).

WesternGuy

 

[ronlane]

For all I can tell from these shots is that they could have been taken at a zoo - maybe they were(?).

WesternGuy

They were taken at a zoo. Not too many brown bears running around central oklahoma. This was the reason for the tight crop, well, that and the big brown dirt patch directly behind him.

 

[WesternGuy]

Not too many brown bears running around central oklahoma - ya, I guess not - no problem - I can understand the crop. I suspect that your "brown bear" is probably what we would call a grizzly.


WesternGuy