Scavenging for Mussels

Wow, looks like a slippery slope its on Jerry. Nice techs here. I completely understand that you wanted to provide the setting here of the forest and the waterline, but the bear feels a bit lost in the frame.  I wonder if it would work to crop this vertically?  This has been a great series Jerry. It looks like you got your money's worth out of this trip.

Wow, what a wonderful pattern on those rocks.

Techs look good, and though I don't feel the bear is lost in the frame, I do think a slightly crop might help to remove some distractions and offer a better placement of the subject without sacrificing much of the cool patterns.  I think you could consider cropping out the green foliage from the top, and maybe a bit off the right (just inside that white branch hanging down), and you'd still have plenty of frame left for a fine image.  You could even crop the water out, but keeping it does help tell the story a bit and offers a better understanding of the setting.

Max

Jerry this is wonderful...and I think it can be even stronger if you crop the top to eliminate all greenery.  Then it truly becomes an "art" piece, with a bear situated against an intriguing and beautiful abstract background!  Take a look at it that way and see what you think!

Jerry: while viewing large, I cropped the greenery and the water and some of the right hand side as well and felt that the image became very powerful. Now the bear stands out against the beautiful abstract background. This photo deserves a prominent spot on your wall. Congrats! Richard

Thanks for all the comments. I tried the crop as suggested. See what you think.

I think both are wonderful. The original because it shows the beautiful scenery where the bear calls home, and the repost because it appears to me to be a "modernistic" painting with the photograph of a bear added. I also see what appears to me to be a huge bear paw print just to the left of the bear (its right).

Gorgeous setting and as cropped it is very artistically abstract. Nice!


Grt, Ingrid.

Jerry, I really like the edit, and I do think it helps the bear stand out more too.

Max

A beautiful photograph of this handsome bear in a seemingly unusual setting. I like the cropped version better also.

Very Nice Work Jerry 

Great capture n terrific setting !
Repost is absolutely stunning !!!

Jagdeep Rajput

Jerry, the the bear shows nicely in the larger view.  I like the tongue lick.  My favorite parts of this image are the reflections, they're great.  That leads me to suggest a crop that removes the hanging down sticks and branches at the top.  The result should be a nicely abstract look at this bear, which I see you've done in the repost.  The repost looks great.

Jerry,
This has to contain one of the most remarkable backgrounds I have ever seen