Polar Bear
Uploaded: April 17, 2007
Photo was taken on April 13, 2007 at 9:01am at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington
Canon 70-200 F/4L lens + Tamron 1.4x TC @ F/5, 1/125 second, ISO 200
Cropped, shadow/highlight, cloned, +saturation, -brightness, levels, dodged, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS
POTD at Photo-of-the-Day.com on April 20, 2007
Husain Akhtar April 17, 2007
What a vertical close-up, Janine! I'm sure Emile will love it! Excellent composition and exposure - very correct colour saturation! #639326Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 17, 2007
So impressive, so big!! Amazing perspective on this Janine! #4175986Su Sana E. P April 17, 2007
What an majestic animal!! An awesome capture with great clarity and pose, Janine!! #4175994Pat Gamwell April 17, 2007
FABULOUS vertical pose, Janine! What amazing timing for you to get that 'perfect' shot! LOVE it! #4176004Janine Russell April 17, 2007
From Paul E. Earl 4/17/2007 12:11:46 AMDr. Harmeet Singh April 17, 2007
Very huge capture.Wonderful capture. #4176052Dominick M. Dimacale April 17, 2007
What a cute capture here Janine...Dominick #4176105Mary K. Robison April 17, 2007
The vertical comp and pov really display his massive size, Janine. Fine capture of his rather defiant expression. #4176111Barbara Waldoch April 17, 2007
Fantastic shot of this superb animal, Janine! #4176225Paul Michko April 17, 2007
Great portrait capture, Janine. #4176237Donald K. Cherry April 17, 2007
Terrific portrait, Janine! #4176348Anna Diederich April 17, 2007
Awesome capture Janine!! #4176479Jeff Robinson April 17, 2007
This is Outstanding Janine! What a wonderful portrait of this beautiful Polar Bear! Jeff #4176636Joy Rector April 17, 2007
super capture #4176731Colette M. Metcalf April 17, 2007
Terrific capture, Janine!! #4176886Chastity Abbott April 17, 2007
A*W*E*S*O*M*E!!!! I am so jealous! I love polar bears! Yo did most wonderful with this and that front full body capture is SUPER! Great work Janine!! #4177031Bambi L. Dingman April 17, 2007
What a gorgeous polar bear, Janine! Wonderful capture! #4177897Zenon Toczek April 17, 2007
Wonderful, he was for sure curious about you :)Christy Nichols April 17, 2007
Fantastic capture, Janine!!! Beautiful bear! #4178654Lynn Crawford April 17, 2007
Wow Janine, he is big and looks like standing right in front of you!!!!! wonderful detail and color, beautiful capture :) #4179435Janine Russell April 17, 2007
MH, Donna, SuSana, Pat, Paul E, David, Harmeet, Dominick, Mary, Barbara, Paul M, Donald, Anna, Jeff, Joy, Colette, Chastity, Bambi, Zenon, Christy and Lynn, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4179474Bob Cournoyer April 17, 2007
Drat! You did it again! How long did you have to wait? Where did you find a place in the glass that didn't have scratches on it????Bob #4179567
Sherry L. Davis April 18, 2007
Awesome capture, Janine! It does look like he's standing right in front of you! Great work! #4181214Kathy Reeves April 18, 2007
Superb capture of this beautiful animal Janine!! Excellent! #4181629Janine Russell April 18, 2007
Bob :), Sherry and Kathy, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4182065Renee Doyle April 18, 2007
Amazing and wonderful capture Janine!!!! Truly superb!Janine Russell April 18, 2007
Renee, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4183782Esther Smith April 18, 2007
Amazing capture Janine! #4184476Janine Russell April 18, 2007
Esther, thanks very much for your encouragement. #4184484Colleen Farrell April 18, 2007
Wonderful POV and composition, Janine! #4184625Janine Russell April 18, 2007
Colleen, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4184632ALLEN O. HOWARD April 22, 2007
An AWESOME capture Janine! #4197209Janine Russell April 22, 2007
Allen, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4197283Patricia Ronan April 30, 2007
Great image Janine:) #4232189Janine Russell April 30, 2007
Patricia, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4232196Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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