BE9147 Brown Bear freighter
What??!! A week has gone by and I haven’t posted about any bears? :-) Well, this post certainly breaks that bad streak. Of course I am still editing and processing images from Alaska. This particular image has a lot of qualities that I like about it.
- Perspective – although I was not in the river with this bear, but on a small bluff outcropping into the river – it certainly looks that way.
- Power - Have you ever seen the way water builds up in the front of a freighter when it is moving against the current? The water build up in front of the bear reminded me of that here, showing the raw power of these animals moving against a fast moving river in search of salmon.
- No #^$%@$! seagulls! Ok, only distant blurs in the background. :-)
- Palette – I happen to like the color palette in general. The blues are somewhat tranquil. The gold of the grasses are complimentary. Wait, I think I just wrote about complimentary colors!
This image was captured using a Nikon D700, 200-400 f4 lens, ISO 1250 at Geographic Harbor, Katmai National Park, Alaska. Post processing by Lightroom 2, Photoshop CS3 using luminosity masks and Topaz Detail. Topaz Detail just released their 1.1 update which works much faster and addresses one of my complaints in my previous review.
