Hi Brad
Welcome to the forum. This shot is a unique experience being from a different habitat. Intimacy is well captured. I would've cropped the image a bit from the left side.
Thanks for sharing.

Welcome to CNP Brad !!

A unique image to start with. What makes this image for me is the sleeping eye of the cub and curves (predominently contour of the young sleeping one) which you have strategically composed. I am tempted to suggest cropping it till the upper ear of the cub to visually further emphasize the eye of the cub in this beautiful composition. Overall, a lovely composition, calm and peaceful too !

Thanks for sharing, looking forward see more of your creations here !!

Brad! You made my day!!
Welcome to CNP!

What an image to start with! Marvelous creation! The texture, the eye, the contours and the color everything blends so well which are making the image stand apart. The feel is so calm and soothing! The composition is so peaceful and one can really feel that silence in the image! Great impact! This is what results in when the aesthetics and the creativity come together.....Great image!
Thanks for sharing it here and Welcome Again...

Hello Brad,

I am extremely delighted to see your images here. I have been a great fan of your images and keep visiting your site often. Firstly, a warm welcome to CNP!


This is one image which I admire a lot. As others say, the positioning of the eye in the frame and the way you have creatively used the space is what makes this image for me. Personally, no nits in the image. It gives us lot of opportunity to learn from you and your creations and we love to see more of your creations going forward.

Best!

Welcome on board, Brad! This is one of the best images of the most photogenic animals IMO. I remember stumbling across your site just a couple of months back and was really impressed both by the images you have created and the conservation angle you have presented. Was really surprised to see you here, and its really an honor to have you on board. I really appreciated the conservation piece and wish you all the very best. Coming to image, I just dont want to leave it. Brilliant work!

A fine opening image here. In India the bears are black and it is very difficult to get details in the black fur, I think it must be the same for these light colored bears too. I really like the textures of the fur here and the rendition of the bears as a cosy place reiterated by the innumerable toy teddy bears which people buy to cosy upto. Looking forward to see more from you. I really like the way you interweave conservation into imagery, Since I work for conservation for a living certainly need to pick up a trick or two from you to link imagery to conservation.

wonderful composition with just perfect texture of fur and the dark organs breaking the pattern flow. i would have preferred to tweak a little to render it more towards the winter tundra (snow) feel, just my pov, brad.

regards.

Hi Brad, Image of Love, Care and shelter with beautiful furr texture. Life of Wildlife at it's best. Thank you for sharing.