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Cuteness Overload
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Cuteness Overload

by Jerry Austin

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 25, 2017275 views7 comments
This was the only small cub I saw during my trip to the Great Bear Rainforest. I loved the tongue and his cute brown ear tufts. Processed with Lightroom, Photoshop and Lightzone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 1DX Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f5.6
1/160s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter engaged)
ISO 1600

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on October 26, 2017 at 8:05 AM
Love the wet fur and the protruding tongue.
Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments
Comment posted by Ed Williams on October 26, 2017 at 9:01 AM
It is really cute Jerry. Love that tongue. It looks very well fed too. Nice detail for how dark everything looks. 
Registered on December 28, 2010, 636 Posts, 3499 Comments
Comment posted by Craig Moreau on October 26, 2017 at 9:35 AM
Jerry, a very cute capture of this little one. Very good detail in the blacks. I might clone out the bright green leaf in the LRC.
Registered on April 21, 2015, 64 Posts, 584 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on October 27, 2017 at 12:13 PM
A neat cub image!  Good detail in the wet coat of the bear.  Also like his facial expression.  Again, I think you could crop this tighter.  TFS.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Don Young on October 27, 2017 at 7:19 PM
Jerry, this is a very nice image of a cub in it's environment.  In my personal opinion, I like it as is.
Registered on April 23, 2015, 56 Posts, 224 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 1, 2017 at 9:40 PM
This is a good one, Jerry.   Only small thing I would try would be to darken the two small out of focus branches above the cubs head to help lessen the effect of their pulling one's eye.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments
Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on November 23, 2017 at 1:31 PM
Cuteness overload indeed! Tough to beat bear cubs for the cute factor. His tongue sticking out is just adorable haha. I like the comp you chose, and the detail looks pretty good considering the shooting conditions. I do agree with Lon about the 2 branches above the cubs head, though.
Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments