Inspiring Photo: What? Snow! #3623894

What? Snow!

Uploaded: April 02, 2007 12:25:42

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Another capture on the tundra and I tried to focus on the snow on the polar bears neck and nose, F/8 1/500 sec, +1exposure, no crop, shot in vertical (portrait) format. Comments appreciated

Comments

Tonya R. Boles April 02, 2007

I love it.. #630778

Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 02, 2007

A beautiful polar bear capture Emile!! I love this too! #4122560

Lynne Morris April 02, 2007

Wow Emile this is a beautiful image, the comp and details are wonderful, well captured! #4122624

Sharon King April 02, 2007

Awesome capture Emile! Love your polar bear series! #4122721

Nadine A. Lewis April 02, 2007

GREAT close capture, Emile! LOVE the details & clarity!!! <>< #4122722

Linda D. Lester April 02, 2007

Your exposure is wonderful! I hope we see this again! #4122895

Stan Kwasniowski April 02, 2007

Emile, he looks so friendly, nice capture #4122904

Bill Wyatt April 02, 2007

Nice close-up portrait. Love the snowy fur! #4122907

John Connolly April 02, 2007

A beautiful portrait, Emile! Your selective focus really worked here, the detail in the snow is superb. #4123065

Ken Smith April 02, 2007

Perfect exposure and composition, Emile. Beautiful! #4123430

Sam Britt April 02, 2007

Great close-up of this beautiful polar bear, Emile. #4123464

Christy Nichols April 02, 2007

Awesome capture, Emile!! What a little beauty! #4123569

Husain Akhtar April 03, 2007

Fantastic composition and capture, Emile! #4123928

Aimee S. McMaster April 03, 2007

.......beautiful portraiture Emile...well done....Aimee #4123979

Glenn E. Urquhart April 03, 2007

Stunning Image, Emile!!! Outstanding wild life capture, excellent clarity, lighting and contrast, WELL Composed and quite beautiful!!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #4124262

Lisa R. Buffington April 03, 2007

Stunning capture and the clarity of the snow on his face is great. Beautiful shot. Lisa #4125040

Remi Trepanier April 03, 2007

Awesome shot Emile! love the clarity of the details! #4125310

Emile Abbott April 03, 2007

thank you all for your positive comments I appreciate them, Tonya, Donna, Lynne, Sharon, Nadine, Linda, Stan, Bill, John, Ken, Sam, Christy, MH, Aimee, Glenn, Lisa and Remi. #4126669

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas April 03, 2007

Wonderful close up Emile!, great exposure!,
Amalia #4126983

Emile Abbott April 04, 2007

Hi Amalia and thanks for your comments. #4129933

Pamela Shane April 07, 2007

Oh wow Emile!! What a fantastic capture
of this magnificently beautiful Polar
Bear - I just love them! Great details,
exposure, & color - bet we see this again. :) #4141686

Emile Abbott April 08, 2007

Hi Pamela and thanks for the nice comment. Have a nice Easter. #4143523

cheryl m. phillips April 08, 2007

Beautiful!
~cp #4144371

Michelle L. Frick May 23, 2007

Congratulations on a well deserved finalist Emile! You know how I love these Big Bears - hope to see him again! #4318212

Linda D. Lester May 23, 2007

Awesome shot...Congratulations!!!!!!!!! #4318469

Tamara K. Walker May 23, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS! #4318824

Su Sana E. P May 23, 2007

Congratulations on this outstanding Finlaist, Emile!! #4318946

Cassie L. Woodlee May 23, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS Emile!!! #4318976

Glenn E. Urquhart May 23, 2007

A BIG Congratulations on your Award, Emile!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #4319322

Claudia Kuhn May 23, 2007

So close and great details Emile, congrats and good luck! #4319580

Mike D. Perez May 23, 2007

Congratulations on your great Finalist, Emile! Thanks for visiting my gallery. #4320146

JO ANN CLEVELAND May 23, 2007

A big congratulations on this wonderful finalist Emile!

Your polar bear series are all awesome!

jo ann c. #4320286

Kay E. Mahoney May 23, 2007

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Emile. Good luck in the next round. #4320471

Roger Bernabo May 23, 2007

Great composition and exposure Emille! #4320538

eileen bedford May 23, 2007

A BIG Congratulations on your great Finalist, Emile #4320747

Husain Akhtar May 24, 2007

No surprise that this terrific image is amongst the April finalists! Warmest congratulations my friend and best wishes for the next stage! #4321822

Kathy L. Clark May 24, 2007

Emile congratulations on your finalist. You deserve it. Great shot. #4323436

Mary Timman May 24, 2007

Congratulations on this exqusite finalist! #4323752

ALLEN O. HOWARD May 24, 2007

YaHOO!!! Way to go Emile! Congratulations My friend!, Allen #4324055

Carla Metzler May 24, 2007

Big congratulations, Emile!!! :) #4324132

Lynne Morris May 24, 2007

WTG Emile, delighted to see your polar bear turn up amongst the finalists, congratulations! #4324321

May 24, 2007

Yay! This is terrific! Congratulations, Emile! We loved those bears!!! #4324516

Karen Slagle May 24, 2007

Wooo Hooo, Emile. WTG on this fab finalist... #4324775

Terry L. Ellis May 24, 2007

A fantastic finalist, Emile! Huge congratulations! #4325147

Sylvia Rossler May 24, 2007

Sooo happy to see one of your bears made it !!!! Big congrats Emile :O) #4325326

Anita Hogue May 24, 2007

Awesome close up of this polar bear Emile! Congratulations! #4326090

Stan Kwasniowski May 25, 2007

Emile, WOW, Finally, see what goes around comes round, (well something like that), a BIG CONGRATULATIONS on your first finalist, hope you have many more, (have you taken any courses lol) #4330477

Emile Abbott May 25, 2007

THANK YOU ALL MY BP FRIENDS FOR ALL YOUR INSPIRATION, HELP, CRITIQUE AND ENCOURAGEMENT ON MY PHOTOGRAPHY. I WAS SUPRISED TO SAY THE LEAST AND CONGRATULATE ALL THE WINNERS ON THEIR WORKS. WE ARE ALL WINNERS WHEN WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT SHARES, INSPIRES, LENDS HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS, TRUELY CRITIQUES AND MAKE EACH AND EVERYONE OF US BECOME BETTER PHOTOGRAPHERS. EMILE #4330778

Ameet B. Agnihotri May 26, 2007

Heartiest Congratulations on your finalist Emile ! #4334620

Emile Abbott May 27, 2007

Thank you Ameet. #4336466

Ronald F. Fischer May 28, 2007

Congratulations on this awesome and well deserved finalist, Emile! I am way behind commenting, but other matters are pressing for attention! #4339804

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett October 17, 2007

Super capture, Emile ... and congrats on this winner .....

...... steve #4940173

Emile Abbott October 18, 2007

Thanks Ron and I can relate to being behind, no problem my friend. Thanks Steve, I will catch up soon. #4945060

November 29, 2007

Nice capture Emile, take care. Sarah #5147832

Phyllis A. Houghton May 23, 2012

Perfect exposure and detail. Thanks for the wonderful glimpse into these animals lives. And a rather late congratulations on your finalist! #10147181

Nancy L. Green January 08, 2014

What a WONDERFUL portrait Frank, a real BEAUTY!!! And very belated CONGRATULATIONS on this wonderful finalist, WTG!!! <>< #10940613

Emile Abbott January 09, 2014

Thanks Nancy. #10941079

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