A grizzly bear does a head shake to remove the icy water from its body and creates an interesting water effect in the Brooks river in Katmai National Park, Alaska.
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Excellent and fun stop-action shot! This did well scorewise and finished well in a very competitive challenge. It does seem to me to need a bit more contrast to really make that water "pop" as the saying goes, and perhaps a crop of the foreground rock. But you did indeed catch this at just the right moment for the photo to have solid impact.
Fantastic nature shot! Perhaps could benefit from a little more visual pop. Just out of curiosity, I did some quick adjustments on it and found a modest s-curve and some mild saturation increase really made the bear and the pattern of the water spray stand out. I'll be curious to see how this fares in voting. I can't ding an otherwise outstanding nature shot for the PP, so it still gets a high vote for me.
A great moment! I might have bumped up the contrast a bit and maybe would have cropped in a little tighter to bring the bear's head out a little more, but this is a very cool shot.
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