Critique Style Requested: Initial Reaction
Please share your immediate response to the image before reading the photographer’s intent (obscured text below) or other comments. The photographer seeks a genuinely unbiased first impression.
Questions to guide your feedback
Friend or foe? He is 14 meters away. Will he shy away?
Other Information
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Image Description
Young otters (Enhydra lutris), like all younger animals, are curious. The coloration of their pelage (fur) is usually deep brown with silver-gray speckles, but it can range from yellowish or grayish brown to almost black.
Technical Details
Canon 5DII; Canon EF 70-200mm + 2x @ 380mm, f/16 @ 1/160 sec, ISO 250; captured handheld from the deck of a tour boat to damp engine vibration that would cause blur.
Specific Feedback
Whatever you wish, positive or otherwise.