Grizzly Warning
by ccraft

Comment by jaredldr:
Good subject. I love the DOF and focus. Great job.

Grizzly Warning
by ccraft

Comment by sfalice:
Wow! If you got this in the wild, and it looks as if you did, hope you stayed away from his salmon! (Of course you did, or you wouldn't be entering this Challenge.)

Seriously, this is a super photo - extremely well done. Should ribbon easily. 10

Grizzly Warning
by ccraft

Comment by toad32:
WOW...very cool. He looks mighty pissed off! I hope you have a really big telephoto lens!

Grizzly Warning
by ccraft

Comment by Bolti:
lol, did he eat you after this picture?

I love the picture though :)

Grizzly Warning
by ccraft

Comment by dartompkins:
What an excellent capture. The only thing that holds this shot back for me is the lack of contrast between the bear and the background. Otherwise excellent. 9.

Grizzly Warning
by ccraft

Comment by jmsetzler:
very nice capture of intensity.... excellent work :)

Grizzly Warning
by ccraft

Comment by tyt2000:
WOW, what a capture! I really like the "madness". (10)

Good luck...

Thumbelina - "A graceful butterfly constantly fluttered round her"
by ccraft

Comment by e301:
The transition in to blur is so very sudden that one has to presume this is edited rather than shot that way - but it is effective, achieving what the shallow dof should do in complicated and distracting background situations. Crop and composition is pretty good, I just find the positioning of those leaves and flower a touch strange - as is the light there, really quite blank. The more I look, the less i think you needed to keep the dead space image left - it seems wasted, rather than influential.

Thumbelina - "A graceful butterfly constantly fluttered round her"
by ccraft

Comment by Konador:
Overall I like the shot, but I think the way you have blurred the background to create a false DoF ruins the shot. I don't like the way the edges of the objects in it are blurred either. If your camera can't achieve real DoF, you could try taking a photo of the background, putting it into photoshop, then gaussian blur that. Afterwards, display the blurred background on your computer monitor, and place your props in front of it. That way you get a more realistic looking out of focus background without having to worry about using the selection tools and ruining the sharp edges of your props in the final photo.

Fawn in Early Morning: New Life and New Hope
by ccraft

Comment by zagreus:
Excellent lighting and depth of field. Very neat shot.