a chance encounter...

another craptastic mess, i'm afraid... a composite of a polar bear from my zoo trip last month, and the cemetery taken today... because the cemetery felt a bit empty ;p

for the "strange encounter" composite challenge...
https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/32538/composite14-challenge-a-strange-encounter

(thank you for being so kind about my latest shots... just not feeling it much these past few days... ah well - another year is around the corner... hopefully my phojo will return!)

[Babs]

I think I would have a heart attack and end up in the graveyard if I saw this polar bear coming towards me. ha ha.

[Rob Z]

Hi Northy - thanks for showing the link here - very kind of you. And I do believe you are being very harsh with your self analysis - I like him and his nonchalance very much!
Also - I have just read that we are matched for this week's Get Pushed. I have scanned back through your project and have just sighed with envy at your mastery of photography! So, if it's OK with you I would like you to please produce a portrait which identifies and illustrates one of the main lighting techniques used by portrait photographers. Notice that this is only a thinly disguised request for you to add to my learning curve...... P.S. If possible could you please use a real person. Cheers Rob :)

[Leslie]

yikes but this is fantastic

[Wendy]

I do like this.
It has a lot of detail and the bear looks so natural as if he is actually walking amongst the tombstones. It really works well in B&W.
A FAV!

[Lynda McG]

Fav! Certainly fits the challenge

[Joan Robillard]

Cool crap

[☠northy]

@robz tx Rob... I was really struggling with the light on this.. plus I really wanted to use a rhino, but none of my rhino shots were suitably posed 🙃... as for my push challenge - thanks... portraiture is always a push for me... so it will be good for me to be forced to practice! I will set you a challenge later today...

[Issi Bannerman]

He he ... I like it!

[Lee]

A great composite, an encounter with a Polar bear would surely end here.

[Shari]

Well done. It looks real. What program do you use for these compositions?

[Caroline]

Perfect fit! This is great :)

[Rob Z]

@northy Lol - a rhino in a cemetery - like a bull in a china shop!

[☠northy]

@sstcowan thanks Shari... i use photoshop for compositing :)

[Sally Ings]

This is so poignant, very nicely put together.

[Ingrid Budge]

So well done - can you imagine going back in time with this photo and explaining digital and photoshop? Amazing how used we have become to these incredible editing tools

[David]

Strange encounter for sure and very convincing

[Rosie Kerr]

Yikes! It walks among us! :)

[4rky]

That definitely meets the remit for the challenge!