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Polar Bear

© Janine Russell
Deluxe Website: photosbyjanine.com

Polar Bear

Uploaded: April 17, 2007

Description

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

Comments

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! #639326

Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 17, 2007

So impressive, so big!! Amazing perspective on this Janine! #4175986

Su Sana E. P level-classic April 17, 2007

What an majestic animal!! An awesome capture with great clarity and pose, Janine!! #4175994

Pat Gamwell April 17, 2007

FABULOUS vertical pose, Janine! What amazing timing for you to get that 'perfect' shot! LOVE it! #4176004

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 17, 2007

From Paul E. Earl 4/17/2007 12:11:46 AM

WOW!! Wonderful capture of this beautiful animal!


From David L. Luchowski 4/17/2007 12:14:28 AM

Cool image,Janine.Great capture. #4176035

Dr. Harmeet Singh April 17, 2007

Very huge capture.Wonderful capture. #4176052

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict April 17, 2007

What a cute capture here Janine...Dominick #4176105

Mary K. Robison April 17, 2007

The vertical comp and pov really display his massive size, Janine. Fine capture of his rather defiant expression. #4176111

Barbara Waldoch April 17, 2007

Fantastic shot of this superb animal, Janine! #4176225

Paul Michko April 17, 2007

Great portrait capture, Janine. #4176237

Donald K. Cherry April 17, 2007

Terrific portrait, Janine! #4176348

Anna Diederich April 17, 2007

Awesome capture Janine!! #4176479

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe April 17, 2007

This is Outstanding Janine! What a wonderful portrait of this beautiful Polar Bear! Jeff #4176636

Joy Rector April 17, 2007

super capture #4176731

Colette M. Metcalf April 17, 2007

Terrific capture, Janine!! #4176886

Chastity 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!! #4177031

Bambi L. Dingman April 17, 2007

What a gorgeous polar bear, Janine! Wonderful capture! #4177897

Zenon Toczek April 17, 2007

Wonderful, he was for sure curious about you :)
zenon #4178237

Christy Nichols April 17, 2007

Fantastic capture, Janine!!! Beautiful bear! #4178654

Lynn Crawford April 17, 2007

Wow Janine, he is big and looks like standing right in front of you!!!!! wonderful detail and color, beautiful capture :) #4179435

Janine Russell level-deluxe 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. #4179474

Bob Cournoyer level-classic 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????
I guess that one day you'll have to take ME to MY zoo.. :-)
Great shot, Janine!!

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! #4181214

Kathy Reeves April 18, 2007

Superb capture of this beautiful animal Janine!! Excellent! #4181629

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 18, 2007

Bob :), Sherry and Kathy, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4182065

Renee Doyle April 18, 2007

Amazing and wonderful capture Janine!!!! Truly superb!
#4183726

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 18, 2007

Renee, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4183782

Esther Smith April 18, 2007

Amazing capture Janine! #4184476

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 18, 2007

Esther, thanks very much for your encouragement. #4184484

Colleen Farrell April 18, 2007

Wonderful POV and composition, Janine! #4184625

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 18, 2007

Colleen, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4184632

ALLEN O. HOWARD April 22, 2007

An AWESOME capture Janine! #4197209

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 22, 2007

Allen, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4197283

Patricia Ronan April 30, 2007

Great image Janine:) #4232189

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 30, 2007

Patricia, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4232196

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