Uploaded: March 08, 2010 23:38:12
This is the third image from my brown bear series in National Geographic (Dutch edition), which was used as the opening shot for the article. This young bear cub rocketed up a tree when it heard another bear approaching. The obvious choice here was to make a vertical composition to emphasize the vertical direction and the height of the trees, but I preferred to use the different layers of tree trunks in combination with shallow dof.
Laura E. Swan March 09, 2010
Bravo, Marsel! This is wonderful. Congrats on your image being used in National Geo! What an honor and what a perfect image for them, too!Amazing timing on your part!
-Laura Swan #1246528
Jack Gaskin March 09, 2010
Great Capture.Happy Shooting
Jack #8442089
Tess L. Yee March 09, 2010
Superb image, Marsel! Love your comp and the wonderful color. #8442608Phyllis H. Burchett March 10, 2010
Awesome capture! and yes, where WAS Mom?!?! #8445674Lori Carlson April 19, 2010
Agreed!! Love the way you shot this!! Big congrats to you!!! =) #8552684Summer A. Kozisek April 20, 2010
Gorgeous capture, love the horizontal comp! Congratulations on your beautiful finalist! #8554928Laura E. Swan April 20, 2010
I stayed attached to this thread to congratulate you, Marsel! I love this image! It was so well executed!-Laura :) #8554958
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