Curiosity and the Bears
A young mom and her 10 month old cubs are alerted to an approaching bear. Normally an approaching female bear doesn't raise an alarm, but this was probably this young moms first set of cubs and she was skittish.
Shot in RAW. Processed in Aperture. Nik Color Efex filters used as a Photoshop CS4 plug in. Tonal Contrast and Pro contrast filters used.
Because the background had tire tracks, I used Alien Skin's new program called Bokeh (I am trialing it). It blurred the background to eliminate the tire tracks.
Image sharpened and vignette added in OnOne's PhotoTools (Photoshop CS4 plug in).
Uploaded on February 21, 2009