BEAR BREATH...

I've been playing with contrast, brightness etc to emphasize the

steam coming out of bears mouth & nose, any suggestions

appreciated... this is the unaltered, original version... seeing a

steaming, snorting bear crashing out of the bush was awesome and

somewhat surreal

Wonderful capture. Glad it was on the photo! I might crop just a tad from the left. Getting the bear's breath is awesome.

hope you don't mind? what do you think?

thanks for the reply Margaret, one of the things I was playing around with is cropping out the left and zooming in more on the front of his body... cannot seem to get the steam darker/more emphasized without losing the colors..

Good adjustment Ted. your version's colours are much richer, thanks for the input

Wow, I am glad it was you and not me so close to that bear! A wonderful shot of an awesome wild animal - you did really well to capture his breath. Lynne