Bear cub and Salmon

Nice pose and moment captured.

D&L

Yes, the expression is very cute, but the image looks a little soft on my monitor, Neil.

The head tilt and expression are perfect! The red salmon is an intense accent. I agree that the face is a little soft and wonder if your focus point is a little further back. You might try to add some selective sharpening to the eyes and nose to see how it would print.

I love the look also Neil and the angle doesn't bother me. I do agree about the image looking soft. Hope the extra sharpening can correct it!

Good shot! I would love to have taken this shot! Thanks for sharing.

It seems a little soft to me too, and like you I'm never quite sure about such a high camera angle, but the pose and behaviour work nicely...

Hi Neil,

I do like the expression and tilted head (in an almost "questioning" look) and the salmon is a nice touch of colour. But, I have to say, the high camera angle still has a bit of a negative impact on me. This might come from my own experience of working with bears - the moment I see this type of angle I think "...shot from a viewing platform" and others may not think this way at all (and thus not be bothered by the angle at all). I'm wondering if cropping a little off the top (to make the space there more consistent with that on the sides) would strengthen this image a tad - it would also serve to pull the head a little more out of the central position (vertically) that it's currently in. Just a thought...

Brad