Spring Bear

Hi Jack! I like this shaggy guy, and think you did a fine job capturing him in pixels. Is this recent? He looks like a spring bear with that coat condition.

I've looked at this several times wondering about the overall comp. I think I like where he falls left-to-right, though some would suggest moving him a bit left or adding more space to the right in the direction of his apparent travel. I would personally decrease the space below him slightly and increase the space above him if you have the room in the original, but such things are often very much personal preference.

I love his expression and you've captured both eyes nicely. I'd certainly be happy with this capture!

Hi Jack, I like the active pose here with all four legs visible and that perfect head turn showing both eyes (with catch lights!). Personally I am not in favor of a square crop here and would have preferred either more room at the bottom or the top. But without knowing how the original image looks like it is hard to say what would have been the best crop option from that.

I, too, think this is a strong pose. It feels to me that you have somehow lost a bit of textural detail in the fur. Was this a large crop? The surrounding vegetation suggests you had to overexpose a bit to get the shadows, and if so I think you could make some selective post processing adjustments to keep the bear at about this brightness level but darken the grasses.