New reflections on my vacation
by ccraft

Comment by Skip:
christina, this is a stunning image! the colors are simply incredible. it's not often that nature presents us these opportunities; i'm glad you were there to take advantage of it.

from a composition standpoint, it doesn't appear that the near sky has too much to offer. with that in mind, in situations like this, you might want to angle for more foreground and less sky; this would also keep the horizon from splitting the image in the middle.

another thing to keep in mind to really nail these shots are your settings. i'm not sure of the range available on the camera you shot this with, but with your current camera, i can only begin to imagine how this would have turned out with aperature at F10 and a shutter near 100.

(just for grins, another shot that might have been fun would be to have moved to the left and turned the camera sideways for a portrait shot that really focused on the rope and the boat.)

thanks again for sharing a beautiful image. i'm glad it did so well for you.

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Comment by tyt2000:
Very cool shot, I think it should have been in the 7's...

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Comment by graphicfunk:
Congratulations on your 11th placing with this scary scene. What a capture !

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Comment by HRoxas:
This has a really "wild" feel to it. Nice focus and lighting. I would have cropped the left side since there is nothing there that helps the composition. I don't always like the square format but it would have worked nicely here.

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Comment by Neil:
Wonderful shot--good sharpness and DOF. Or was the background darkened in PS? It seems there's some light halos by the top of his head, and by his lower right fang.

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Comment by pmichaud:
This is a scary image. The bear is obviously not happy about getting his picture taken. Great capture. The expression is priceless. Good luck in the challenge.

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Comment by Gatorguy:
Great capture!

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Comment by chuck:
Great picture! You really seem to have captured the moment here...I wish the head was a tad bit more in focus, though...

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Comment by christyrack:
You sure are brave! I would have been running the other way...he sure looks MEAN! Good capture! 9

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Comment by spaque99:
I would not have liked to meet this guy one on one! Nice picture!