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Wild Borders Otter.

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted September 19, 2011158 views7 comments

Not posted for a while but in the last 2 weeks I've seen my favourite British mammal a couple of times now.Taken on my local river here in Berwickshire,while out walking the dog.Great experience for me...but 'Ollie' wasn't too pleased about his delayed swim!

Canon MkIV,5oo+1.4 lens,1/500 f5.6,iso400 and cropped some off the top and bottom.

Phil.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Neil Burton on September 19, 2011 at 2:22 PM

Otters. There are no bad shots of them. Love em. Love this.

Registered on September 16, 2010, 26 Posts, 461 Comments

Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on September 19, 2011 at 3:25 PM

Agree with Neil on this, it's always good to see an Otter, and even better if you manage a good shot of one. I saw 2 Otters last wednesday while waiting for Kingfishers to turn up; it made my day.

No nits from me

Andy...

Registered on September 24, 2006, 123 Posts, 1254 Comments

Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on September 20, 2011 at 1:57 AM

Lovely shot of this beautiful animal.

Registered on January 23, 2008, 48 Posts, 769 Comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on September 20, 2011 at 3:57 PM

Good to see them Phil and you got a really good shot to boot.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Ellard on September 21, 2011 at 5:34 AM

never seen a river otter in the wild, wonderful to see your picture though

Registered on December 17, 2010, 60 Posts, 634 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Shaw on September 21, 2011 at 1:52 PM

I'm sure you would have shot this with the otter in the central portion of the frame and I think it would look better if you had cropped it to maintain that perspective, with the otter placed deeper in the frame ( at least 2/5th rather than 1/3rd). Just my opinion.

Registered on July 25, 2005, 26 Posts, 110 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Roberts on September 21, 2011 at 2:08 PM

One of my favorite subjects though of a slightly different variety. Great detail on the face/wiskers and lovely green reflection on the water makes a great setting. Thanks for sharing. I didn't even know you folks had otters.

Registered on March 9, 2011, 69 Posts, 501 Comments