Eye Contact [Contest Finalists November 2009]
Uploaded: November 17, 2009 09:01:01
A grizzly keeps an eye on me at a wildlife park in Sequim, Washington.
Animals
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: -0.33, ExposureTime: 1/800 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 800, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 200.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300
Lisa R. Buffington November 17, 2009
Awesome shot Mitch. I would have been very uncomfortable with those eyes on me, very intense. Excellent work. #1206277Daniella Puente November 17, 2009
Terrific Mitch! #8139221Melissa Olsen November 17, 2009
Fantastic Mitch...I would have liked to be in your shoes! #8139646Amy M. Wilson November 17, 2009
Awesome capture, Mitch!!! #8139751Tammy Espino November 17, 2009
Brave lady, even with a zoom lens!! What a great looking bear! :) #8139829Janet Daniel November 17, 2009
Spectacular capture, Mitch! Outstanding color, detail, comp, & dof! #8140084Dianna Murphy November 17, 2009
Great framing, detail and color. Wow. #8140492Nikki McDonald November 18, 2009
Nice shot. I'm with everyone else who would have kept considerable distance between myself and the bear. Excellent detail and I really like the bear's placement in the frame. #8141332Stefania Barbier November 18, 2009
wow what a catch.... gorgeous! #8143623Leslie McLain November 19, 2009
Terrific capture, Mitch. A winner. #8145272JO ANN CLEVELAND November 20, 2009
I hope you kept your eye on him too!Great capture Mitch
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Renata Gusciora November 21, 2009
Marvelous,Mitch!Awesome capture!Love it! #8150424AEK November 23, 2009
don't know how you managed this, but you have an amazing image here! the composition is perfect - I would have been running - a. #8156177Nikki McDonald November 24, 2009
Congrats on the EP -- I really like this one. #8164531Mitch Spence November 26, 2009
Hi, Lisa, Daniella, Melissa, Amy, Tammy, Janet, Dianna, Nikki, Stefania, Leslie, Jo Ann, Renata, and Arlene, and thanks. I really wasn't all that brave. For one thing, I was in a car. For another, there was a fence between us. :) #8170463Tammy Espino December 15, 2009
Big Congrats on this great capture!! :) #8218414Amy M. Wilson December 15, 2009
Congratulations on your fantastic Finalist, Mitch!!! #8218551Courtenay Vanderbilt December 15, 2009
Fabulous image, Mitch! CONGRATULATIONS! #8218756Cindy Bendush December 15, 2009
Big congrats on your Finalist Mitch! #8218943Phyllis H. Burchett December 15, 2009
Congrats on this fantastic capture! #8219109Les Rhoades December 15, 2009
Congrats on your November FINALIST! #8219342Michelle Alton December 15, 2009
AWESOME, Mitch! Congratulations! #8219614Karen E. Baumann December 15, 2009
Love the composition for this guy! Very nicely presented, Mitch. Congratulations on your well deserved finalist. #8219847Michael Umbreit December 15, 2009
Mitch - Congratulations on your finalist! Nice work! - Mike #8219950Sharon Sawyer December 15, 2009
Mitch, HUGE congratulations on your amazing finalist and all the best in the next round!!! #8220652Usman M. Bajwa December 15, 2009
HUGE Congrats on the beautiful Finalist, Mitch!UB. #8220928
Anne M. Young December 15, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS - a fantastic finalist! #8221043Stefania Barbier December 15, 2009
congratulations on your gorgeous finalist!!! #8221428Tommy E. Burgess December 16, 2009
Congratulations on your outstanding finalist Mitch!!! #8221674Katarina Mansson December 16, 2009
The judges had an eye on him too ... congratulations Mitch! #8221936Ken Smith December 16, 2009
It's probably good you had your eye on him too! :-) Congrats!! #8222233Patricia A. Stalter December 16, 2009
I'm happy to see this deserving Finalist. Why didn't it get an EP? #8222909Christine Czernin December 16, 2009
Congrats, Mitch, a well deserving finalist. #8223094Eivor Kuchta December 16, 2009
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Mitch! #8223336Mary Beth Aiello December 16, 2009
Just outstanding, Mitch. Huge congrats on this beautiful finalist. #8223585JO ANN CLEVELAND December 16, 2009
Big congrats on this awesome finalist Mitch and well deserved, go for the gold
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Tiia Vissak December 16, 2009
Congratulations! #8223739Renata Gusciora December 16, 2009
Huge congratulations on your awesome finalist,Mitch!!!:) #8223930Leslie McLain December 16, 2009
Congrats onyour wonderful finalist, Mitch. #8223945Jeff Robinson December 16, 2009
Congrats Mitch on your Terrific Finalist! Jeff #8224122Nancyj E. Hovey December 16, 2009
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on your very deserving Finalist! 8o) #8224301
Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 16, 2009
Incredible Mitch, congratulations on your finalist! #8224892Daniella Puente December 16, 2009
This is an excellent capture Mitch, congrats!!! #8224970Patrick Rouzes December 16, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS on this incredible finalist Mitch! WTG,my friend! #8225029Sam Britt December 16, 2009
Congratulations on this finalist, Mitch! #8225248Tamara K. Walker December 17, 2009
What a beauty and a little scary. CONGRATULATIONS! #8226314Debra R. Harder December 17, 2009
Don't you just love these cuddly guys, Mitch? This is FABULOUS!! Congratulations on your outstanding finalist!! Deb #8226599Bojan Bencic December 17, 2009
Congratulations on your finalist, Mitch. #8227159Linda Blair December 17, 2009
This is awesome...congratulations Mitch on your finalist!!!!! #8227551Nikki McDonald December 17, 2009
There sure are a lot of animal finalists -- and many excellent ones, too. This is among them. Congratulations on the finalist and good luck in the next round, Mitch. #8228075Shelly A. Van Camp December 18, 2009
CONGRATS!! #8230849ALLEN O. HOWARD December 20, 2009
YES, YES, YES!!! Congratulations, Mitch! A wonderful image and a terrific composition!, Allen #8234931Mitch Spence December 21, 2009
Thank you to everyone for all your time in stopping in with your comments and congrats. #8237464Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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