I think at best creativity is a very subjective term, given to a lot of analysis and scrutiny in art circles, but by a simple etymological definition of it, which is the creation, portrayal or presentation of something new, innovative, positive, constructive, unique, fresh or special, such perspectives of otherwise shy animals are definitely very creative regardless of whether the end result is exactly what was visualized by the creator. True, it's all the more special when the product is exactly as the photographer envisaged it and planned it to be, which as illustrated by your collage shared earlier on Facebook, you've emphatically managed to do with many of your images in Daroji, but some true gems are often born accidentally. However, one makes one's own luck and it cannot be termed truly accidental when an image like the one you've shown happens, simply because, through your preparation and setup,
you've given room for it to happen and created it consciously so it's still very much deliberate and premeditated to a great extent.
Coming to this image and more generally the genre of wide-angle extreme close-up portraiture, what I like the most is the intimacy with the subject, and the opportunity to see it like one probably never will in one's lifetime (and nobody would want to see a bear from this perspective personally, for what would happen soon after would be deeply dreadful
). So, what makes this image invaluable for me is apart from the extreme close perspective, which really resembles the view you would get if you were lying right beneath the bear's nose, and the habitat it includes thanks to the wide angle, it is the capture of a bear during the day that adds tremendous natural history value and opens up a new dimension of the animal's life and behaviour since sloth bears are otherwise known to be highly nocturnal, or at least strictly crepuscular. And although we know that Daroji is an exception to that, we also know that it is mainly because of the sweet attractions that lie for them in the crevices of the rocks, so the natural behaviour of the animal is altered. This image, on the other hand, is a portrayal of a bear doing something natural without being induced to do so.
As for its interaction with the camera, that's probably the only thing not natural, but we can't have everything, and if you have frames in which the bear's not showing curiosity towards the lens and is just hanging around without even looking at the camera, that would be the icing on the cake!