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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 13, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Otter
One from mull in may.

Phil.

D700 sigma 800 1/320th @ f8 iso400 +.3ev

PP in Bibble & CS2

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Posted by Cliff Young on July 13, 2010 at 9:25 AM
NIce capture Phil. Like the expression on the otter's face and detail in its fur. However there's something about colour balance that looks a bit off on my monitor. Nice shot all the same. :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 13, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Colours look OK on my screen Phil. Our local Welsh lads (that'll be Dai the otter) are a lot more reclusive than them there 'Jocks'. I shall have to get up there one day as Scottish otters just seem to laze about all day waiting to pose for photographers !! I blame it on 'Ring of Bright Water' myself. :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Lovely image. Good use of foreground for depth and a good clean background. I have no doubt some will say remove the piece of seaweed on the background but I'd be happy either way.
Posted by Paul Rosser on July 13, 2010 at 1:12 PM
Looks fine on my monitor too Phil. A nice image, and the Otter really pops against that BG!
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Karen Summers on July 13, 2010 at 1:31 PM
can t make my mind up on the colour of the sky in particular but I do like the image nice detail in the fur to
Posted by Shaun Simpson on July 13, 2010 at 2:22 PM
Excellent image I would maybe crop a tadge of the left hand side just loosing a bit of the out of focus rock but I love this image :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on July 13, 2010 at 2:57 PM
Rocks my boat! noticed the bit of seaweed but does not bother me,very good image.
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Keith.
Posted by John Robinson on July 13, 2010 at 3:08 PM
Nice one Ohil . I wonder if mayeb a bit tighter crop with everything in the same position as it is. , Would loose a bit of the mush I feel.
PS Just started using your camera !!
Cheers
JR
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 13, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Nice detail in the otter...works for me.

Ian
Posted by Andy Snape on July 13, 2010 at 6:49 PM
I like it too, all works for me and colours look fine.
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 14, 2010 at 2:43 AM
There really is a yellow cast on this image which, if adjusted, together with some other suggestions here will greatly improve the image. A truly nice encounter and hope you got more.

Kind regards,

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 14, 2010 at 4:59 AM
Hi Brett it's probably the cloudy WB as the otters whiskers have a RGB value of 242 242 & 245 making it a little warmer looking I could add a bit of blue, but I'm not so keen on cool looking images just a personal thing.


Phil.


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Posted by Phil Mclean on July 14, 2010 at 7:29 AM
Lovely otter,seaweed and background.I think I might also crop in a bit closer to lose some of that oof rock in the foreground.I wish I had any picture of an otter,never mind one as good as this.

Phil. :toast: