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River Otter at Breakfast
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River Otter at Breakfast

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 23, 2013131 views4 comments
One of the group I posted yesterday working on a fish. I adjusted the white balance in this one to remove the magenta cast mentioned in comments on the previous post, and I like the results much better. Sorry I don't know the fish species.

7D, 500mm f4 + 1.4TC, hand held on beanbag in truck window, f8, 1/320, Av mode with -1/3 stop compensation, iso 500. White balance adjusted in ACR and further processing in CS6. Cropped to 9.9MP. Taken November 21st at 10:43 am at Ridgefield NWR.

Your comments would be most appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on November 23, 2013 at 9:08 PM
Good catch of the action by you and the otter! I do find that green stick or piece of wood distracting. Don't know if it would work to crop tight to just the head and the fish. Still a good sharp photo. Thanks for sharing. Had to have been fun to get this series.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 24, 2013 at 2:05 PM
What a splendid capture - the colors and tones are great and the highlighting of the animal and the prey are beautiful. I like the lazy sluggish look the otter has - it's as if he is full but is try to force the rest down
Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments
Comment posted by Ed Williams on November 24, 2013 at 8:45 PM
Wow Dennis, fantastic capture here. Great detail in the fur and I love the gold colors of the fish. Your DOF is spot on.
Registered on December 28, 2010, 636 Posts, 3499 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 26, 2013 at 3:43 PM
I really like the detail here, Dennis. My only nit is the volume of heaviness provided by the dark shadowed log coming toward us at the bottom. I think this will present best with a crop from the bottom to reduce that impact. The catchlight and bit of wet reflectivity off his left side are strong elements of this capture. Nice work.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments