Cinnamon Bear at Breakfast

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This cinnamon black bear was grazing contentedly at the entrance to the Petrified Tree in Yellowstone NP as the sun was just coming up over the hill to the East.

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I probably could remove the OOF grass stems from in front of the face, but it showed the depth of the grass the bear was working in. Should I burn the BG tree back a bit? I really like the morning glow on this bear. Any comments are welcomed.

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Canon R5, f10, 1/250 s, iso 200, 100-500+1.4tc at 700 mm.

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He is a great looking bear, hope you had a loooong lens!

My only thought, depending how much of a purist you want to be, would be to clone the grasses to cover the back area, so that he is just a bear in a sea of grass - no distractions. It is just a thought, he is great just the way he is!

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Thank you @elizabeth. I tried working on toning down the brightness of the log and then with cloning it out with very little success. It is just too big to remove cleanly.