Greetings From the Critique Club
This is a nice photograph which unfortunately doesn't really meet the challenge of despair. Unless it is the despair of the mother of the child who owned the bear's empty nest syndrome!
Focus excellent. Composition good but I think it would have been better if the bear had been lying down in a sort of abandoned position!
Exposure The bear is slightly over exposed.
But all in all a nice try and a bit more subtle than all the staged suicides.
Focus seems good, difficult lighting with both shade and bright sunlight, bear seems a bit washed out in the sun. Challenge aspect - moderate to weak, sorry. 4 Swash