Comments on: Motion blur bear

By: Seals and Grizzlies | In the Field: Photo Blog by Richard Wong

Seals and Grizzlies | In the Field: Photo Blog by Richard Wong — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:06:06 +0000

[...] been inspired by Mark Graf’s recent trip to Alaska, I have been considering signing up for a grizzly bear photo tour. I’ve only seen one black [...]

By: bernie kasper

bernie kasper — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:53:16 +0000

What a wonderful and creative shot Mark, your work is outstanding !!

By: Jim Goldstein

Jim Goldstein — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:56:48 +0000

Great effect. I’ve tried something similar in the past and failed miserably. I like how this turned out a great deal. Good job on getting a frame with out a seagull. That bit of your post made me laugh out loud. Nice job.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:09:42 +0000

NatGeo – are you reading this? This image is for license!! Thanks Richard.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:09:04 +0000

I hear ya Carl. It was a long wait to finally get some that were moving fast enough to make this work. I had one chase scene also where the bears were running full tilt and got a keeper out of that.

I also got some strange effects on one where it looks like one of the bears legs is beaming out of the scene like Star Trek.

By: Richard Wong

Richard Wong — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:17:29 +0000

I am digging this Mark. Reminds me of the National Geo style. I like the colors here also.

By: Carl D

Carl D — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:38:36 +0000

Hey Mark,

I love it – I tried a few of these, and gave up in frustration .. bears are just hard to do motion blurs with .. their gait is much of a wobble that they end up looking weird, most of the time .. leg position is key, and you got a great shot here. I think the zoom really helped too, and the slower s/s .. I went down to around 1/20 or so .. but I think even slower works better with bears.

Very cool.

Cheers

Carl

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:51:29 +0000

Lana, thanks but please.. The only thing I mastered is not completely messing up every single attempt on this type of stuff. I don’t even have a fu-manchu.

By: Lana

Lana — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:54:50 +0000

*LOL @ the seagull bit!* I can only imagine the practice that goes into getting a shot like this. You are the master.

By: Roberta

Roberta — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:31:17 +0000

Nicely done! I really like these more interpretive styles of images to convey a sense of the power of the scene.