Olympic Torrent Salamander

[Joshua_Wallace]

An adult Olympic Torrent Salamander found earlier this month. This species occurs in waterfall splash zones and seeps of headwater streams.

Nikon D7200, Opteka 15mm macro, 1 second, f16, iso 160, no flash, circular polarizer.

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[Shirley_Freeman]

A wonderful capture of this little guy, Joshua. I just love his pose. The rock that he is perched on was a nice setting, putting him up where you can see the splash of the waterfall behind him. The speed of that water is really nice as well. Just thinking that maybe darkening the background just a little bit might draw the eye even more to the subject. I find the top left a bit bright and the leaves to the right a bit distracting. It is a wonderful setting, pose and overall great composition. Great find and capture.

[Bill_Fach]

Joshua: What a great find and the setting is icing on a very fine cake. I like your DOF choice especially and the focus on the eye. Most excellent.>=))>

[Mark_Seaver]

Joshua, this is a great catch, showing the salamander well as well as showing off where it lives.
The heads up pose of the salamander and the details in its eyes are very eye catching.

[Joshua_Wallace]

Thank you for the feedback. I will see what darkening that corner does.

[ravi (Ravi S. Hirekatur)]

excellent image of salamander in its habitat. Great choice of the lens and dof. perfect composition with the waterfall behind. nice pose as well.