Posted by Calum Dickson on August 20, 2009 at 11:16 AM
One from a couple of weeks ago on Mull. I was sat on the rocks watching another otter fish and hoping it would come within range to get some shots. Out of the corner of my eye I saw this one peer round the corner of a rock very very briefly.
Calum
40D, EF500+1.4 AV,F8, ISO 100, 1/100th
Reposted image with otter lightened a tad and sharpened a fraction more
Posted by David Taylor on August 20, 2009 at 1:53 PM
A great minimilist feel to this one. Excellent.
Posted by Austin Thomas on August 20, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Nice composition Calum and a great background. It anything I might shave some off the OOF rock on the right.
Ideally a little more light on the face and eyes would have made this even better in my opinion. I would try to lighten the Otter a little to bring out its detail then give it a bit of extra sharpening.
Excellent.
Austin
Posted by Kim Connolly on August 20, 2009 at 3:00 PM
A lovely spontaneous shot. I like this very much.
Posted by Lee Newman on August 20, 2009 at 3:15 PM
I agree with Austin with regard to lightening the face and eyes, might be worth a shot
Posted by Brett Lewis on August 20, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Nit covered but potentially a really nice shot in there.. Nice work.
Brett
Posted by Craig Jones on August 20, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Love the composition here,and the pose you have caught is great well done
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 20, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Lovely image Calum and a little shadow and highlight would help bring out the detail in the face, very envious of your encounter with this beautiful animal.
Andy...
Posted by Major Gilbert on August 21, 2009 at 3:01 AM
A great looking pose and a magic moment captured. I to would try to lighten things a little if possible.
Major.
Posted by Calum Dickson on August 21, 2009 at 4:46 AM
Thank you for the kind comments and advice, hopefully I've improved the image in the repost above. It was a fantastic experience to be so close to one of these wild otters.
Calum
Posted by Peter Woods on August 21, 2009 at 6:43 AM
Calum, stunning image and deserved winner of image of the week on Canon-fodder-forums
well done
Posted by Mark Davies on August 21, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Discussion
13 repliesCalum
40D, EF500+1.4 AV,F8, ISO 100, 1/100th
Reposted image with otter lightened a tad and sharpened a fraction more
Ideally a little more light on the face and eyes would have made this even better in my opinion. I would try to lighten the Otter a little to bring out its detail then give it a bit of extra sharpening.
Excellent.
Austin
Lee
I agree with Austin with regard to lightening the face and eyes, might be worth a shot
Brett
Lovely image Calum and a little shadow and highlight would help bring out the detail in the face, very envious of your encounter with this beautiful animal.
Andy...
Major.
Calum
well done