River Otter

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 9, 2011119 views3 comments

I observed and photographed this old male river otter in North Vancouver. He was still incredible adept at fishing and caught no less than 4 crabs and 5 small fish in a half an hour. He was a joy to observe.

Thanks for viewing and your comments.

ISO 400 1/500, f/6.3 @200mm

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 9, 2011 at 8:18 PM

What a nice portrait of this otter. You really got close, which is very cool.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on March 10, 2011 at 1:36 PM

Amazing that an otter allows you to observe him so wel and even pose for you Darren

. This is a solid photo and Iike the almost arrogant head-up pose of this guy. My only suggestion is that if it were possible at all to obtain a slightly lower shooting angle, but not so low that the FG rocks start overlapping the subject. Further I would tone down the sharpening on the water and the BG rocks a bit.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on March 11, 2011 at 7:26 PM

Quite a regal looking pose from this Otter, Darren. I like how we can see the light reflections on the Otter and I can even see a bright eye evident. I find it hard to judge detail from this image. I do like the comp too.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments