Otter on icy river

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20260203-ynp26-62.jpg2010×1608 2.53 MB

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Description

This otter was diving into the water and popping up through a hole in the ice. The otter seems to be threatening all the photographers which are all a long ways away.

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Crop and lighting

Technical Details

Shot at 1/1000 sec, f8, 500ISO at 800 MM. It was then edited in Lightroom and cropped from 7008x4672 to 2010x1608.

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I really like the image but I don’t think it needed a spotlight effect.

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I agree about the spotlight and it didn’t seem so obvious in Lightroom. I will check this in the future when I export the file. Thanks for the feedback

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Nice capture from that distance! Otters can be so difficult to shoot. Ditto on the lighting.

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I really like the textures of wet fur, you may go more horizontal.
Agree about the hot spot.

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Thanks for the feedback.

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Very nice image. He looks cold. I bet he is.

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Wow, nice pose that you’ve caught here Phil. He looks very PO’d! Love the detail in his fur and the surrounding ice speaks to the challenges of his environment. I like the crop; others have spoken abouit the halo; just a couple of bright dots in his fur I’d fix. Wonderful capture overall!

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Thank you. The white spots are ice but would be easy to remove as I can see they are distracting.