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Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
Location: Brooks river, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Date: Sep 2, 2009
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 21, 2010

A grizzly bear does a head shake to remove the icy water from its body and creates an interesting water effect in the Brooks river in Katmai National Park, Alaska.

Statistics
Place: 79 out of 445
Avg (all users): 6.3216
Avg (commenters): 7.0938
Avg (participants): 6.2677
Avg (non-participants): 6.5088
Views since voting: 1296
Views during voting: 471
Votes: 255
Comments: 35
Favorites: 3 (view)


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01/30/2010 10:25:43 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Excellent and fun stop-action shot! This did well scorewise and finished well in a very competitive challenge. It does seem to me to need a bit more contrast to really make that water "pop" as the saying goes, and perhaps a crop of the foreground rock. But you did indeed catch this at just the right moment for the photo to have solid impact.

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01/29/2010 07:33:59 AM
What? A 500mm lens? This would have been soooo much better if you had used your 17-55mm lens!

;-)

Nice shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/28/2010 06:07:50 PM
I think if I saw this guy I'd be scared lol. Great timing!
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01/28/2010 04:47:29 PM
Great capture
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01/27/2010 04:55:52 PM
Oh my gosh! Poor thing. What a fabulous catch of a shot! The motion is awesome.
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01/27/2010 05:40:24 AM
Wonderful shot and great title too.
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01/26/2010 08:20:33 PM
wow this is amazing its face is so sharp for such movement awesome 8
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01/26/2010 04:57:48 PM
Great title and what a capture , wow !! 8
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01/26/2010 04:46:36 PM
amazing timing and capture!! good for you!
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01/26/2010 02:05:08 PM
very cool spray on this one - i just wish the spray were a bit sharper
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01/26/2010 09:55:24 AM
awesome image! great title!
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01/25/2010 04:20:01 PM
I absolutely love this and I will have to kick it up some...such beauty in such a simple event...love the stop action of this...well done
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01/25/2010 02:56:34 PM
Great title! Wonderful shooting, good timing, good eye.
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01/25/2010 09:50:19 AM
Rawr, Im an angry bear.
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01/25/2010 09:11:47 AM
Apt title and really nic emoment captured. nice timing
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01/25/2010 05:24:58 AM
wow ... great shot ...
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01/25/2010 04:31:05 AM
wow, that's a great capture...it needs some contrast adjustments
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01/24/2010 02:40:49 PM
Great nature shot, one to be proud of for sure!
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01/24/2010 02:12:45 PM
Great image!! The title fits very well too.
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01/24/2010 09:57:15 AM
This is just hilarious and wonderful! Great capture!.....7
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01/23/2010 06:15:52 PM
Nice capture.
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01/23/2010 03:17:26 PM
Fantastic nature shot! Perhaps could benefit from a little more visual pop. Just out of curiosity, I did some quick adjustments on it and found a modest s-curve and some mild saturation increase really made the bear and the pattern of the water spray stand out. I'll be curious to see how this fares in voting. I can't ding an otherwise outstanding nature shot for the PP, so it still gets a high vote for me.
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01/23/2010 01:33:08 PM
Super Shot--could use a little more contrast & Sharpening; 9
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01/23/2010 09:02:18 AM
That is fantastic.
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01/23/2010 09:01:57 AM
Great capture.
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01/23/2010 06:50:03 AM
Right time; right place...incredible "critter catch"
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01/23/2010 06:47:07 AM
cool picture....but i love the title!
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01/23/2010 06:37:46 AM
AMAZING
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01/23/2010 04:44:33 AM
Very neat capture, cute. Might be a bit underexposed.
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01/22/2010 08:31:15 PM
nice action shot.
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01/22/2010 05:26:16 PM
Great capture, probably at a high ISO to get the shot so it is a bit noisy. But great radial pattern on a true wildlife image. 8
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01/22/2010 02:19:44 PM
Now there's a great capture and the title fits it perfectly.
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01/22/2010 12:17:13 PM
that is great!
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01/22/2010 06:23:56 AM
beautiful moment captured, i lke it very much, compliments.
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01/22/2010 04:13:30 AM
A great moment! I might have bumped up the contrast a bit and maybe would have cropped in a little tighter to bring the bear's head out a little more, but this is a very cool shot.
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