In the focus of the bear

The experience with the bears in Finnland is each time incredible exiting.

It was already autumn in Finnland and the bears are quit big.

Nikon D3s with 70-200mm f/2,8 1/100s

Tank you for qour critiques.

Dionys

Excellently captured (the small trees behind the bear form a kind of tunnel guiding the viewer from the foreground to the background) and edited as well. Furthermore, great colors and DOF. May be I had cut a bit on the left. Anyway, great work. 6. BR / Volker

Great capture ... Regards.

Extraordinary capture and composition. sharpness, colour saturation, lighting and DOF, all those are fantastic.

Congrats, 7

Great natural composition.  The light and focus on the bear are very good.  The DOF and shades of color fill the background.  Thank you for sharing.  Gail

It's only natural that the bears are bigger in autumn after having had a nice summer, isn't it? ;-)

Nice shot! And a nice light, too.

Superb photo of the bear. I love how the bear turns are kind of looks this way.

Grand animal. Love the colors too.

Best regards,

Marianna

excellent wildlife photo of the bear, Great color, lighting and the colors in the ground plants add a lot also. The only thing I do not personally like it the heavy Black strip on the top and bottom, more of the photo would be better of this great shot. take care, great work.

I have commented this one or a very similar to this one before! The same comment goes to this one!

PDE

This is a great shot, you either are a brave photographer or have a lot of optical "horsepower". :-)

Sharpness, depth of field and exposure are outstanding. One suggestion though, the bear is pretty much in the center of the frame and is looking to (the photographer's) right. I might suggest that the crop be changed to move the bear more to the left of the image and a little tighter to bring more attention to the bear. This would place the bear closer to a vertical third, and prevent it's gaze to the right from causing the viewer's eyes to be drawn out of the frame.

Just a suggestion!

Great work. Very natural. Great lightning! Nothing wrong with the crop...

A great shot, Scott did exactly what I was going to suggest. The cropped shot is a real winner. It must have been fun!

A fabulous photo with remarkable color, light and detail.  The bear looks soft and friendly in such a context, but I'm sure you wouldn't have wanted to get any closer to him. Great capture!  I like the crop as you have done it but can see the value of a tighter crop for a different emphasis.  Regards,

Thank you all for your critiques!

In deed, with the cropp it wins a los.

But I still prefere the full size. It is also the size I need to use
for my multivisonshows. That is the reason why all my photos
have that size....

Kind regards

Dionys

Stunning capture! I particualily love the fact that it's not just a photo of a bear, but a bear in context, yet perfectly isolated from the background. Congrats!