Re: More of the "meanest light ever" section - Hagenbeck Zoo Kodiak bear, 1024x768 Oh, there you go again, bragging/complaining about a little sunlight. :-)
Wait until you come to the Southwest USA and _then you can complain about
impossible contrast ranges. Your bear looks good. Here's a cub I shot
yesterday under very bright sun. I over-exposed him and then toned the
background down in Photoshop.
SC
PS - I shot a Siberian Tiger for you yesterday. See posts below.
"Ralf Schmode" wrote in message
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> Hi again,
>
> if you go to Hagenbeck in order to take Kodiak bear pictures, you'd
> better pick a cloudy day. The bear enclosure is one of a few that has
> the visitor's path on the north side. If you go there on a sunny day,
> you get pictures the way you see here. No paper print ever could display
> a contrast range like this - the film scanner, however, turned the whole
> thing into something acceptable.
>
> Greetings from Germany -
>
> Ralf
>
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