River Otters

[Steve Kaluski]

One from only a few frames of these guys, the other you saw some while back, plus pictured in the old BPN interview. Taken mid afternoon on a rather dull day, nothing new there then. This is Mon & Dad, the three youngsters were off playing in the water. I left the blue fringing in, as it's in the shot.

Steve
Subject: North American River otters (Lontra canadensis)
Location: Katmai, Alaska
Camera: Canon MKIII
Lens: 500f/4HH
Exposure: 1/320s at f/5.6 ISO400 0 stop compensation

[Paul Taylor]

They've got attitude. Cute in the right way. Great capture and I really like it.

[dankearl]

Very nice "couple" photo, although they look about as "happy" as most married couples.....
A bit higher iso and more DOF would have made this better, although it is a great pose and not
one I suppose you had time to adjust on the fly.

[Brendon Cremer]

Lovely image Steve, really like the pose of the 2 of them together, like a happy couple. Colours, clarity and detail all looks great, and well complimented by a very nice OOF BG, i agree with Dan i may have chosen a slightly higher ISO and DOF but still tried to retain the OOF BG.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Steve - great image of this pair with excellent detail. I like the creamy bokeh but agree a fraction more dof would have really ticked all the boxes. Color and sharpness look great too.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi folks, these guys do not hang around, plus this was a surprise more than anything and so I was more interested in getting a shot rather than missing it, however... :w3

Regarding DOF, the MKIII was only a 10m px camera and IMHO I would not like to go higher in ISO beyond 1000. Therefore as you know, to increase the DOF would mean lower SS and so I would need to up the ISO, but I don't think it would have gained enough SS to warrant changing, it was a fine balance then. :bg3: Now 2500 - 5000 or higher is not an issue, cameras have come a long way in a very short space of time, even my first CF card was only 1MB at $400 :Whoa!:

Thanks for looking.

Steve :wave:

[Gabriela Plesea]

I guess this image is all about the cute muzzles and the attitude:bg3:, lovely sighting and so well captured, Steve!
Stunning processing as always:w3

...would love to see the little ones:bg3:!!!

Warmest regards,

[Loi Nguyen]

Steve, they look like they were posing for you. Interesting that you seemed to be shooting upward. Great details and sharpness. Weather at Katmai was a problem for me last year, too, mostly cloudy-gloomy for 3 days when I was there early September with a brief sunshine at mid day. I find the dark band on top a wee bit distracting, wonder if it would be better to take a sliver of. Loi

[Anette Mossbacher]

Hi Steve,

wonderful couple you've got here. Love it. Very nicely done as usual :bg3:
Hope you did not sell your 1GB CF card :w3

Ciao
Anette

[John Ippolito]

Hi Steve, this one makes me smile. Excellent sharpness/details and dual pose on this handsome pair. BG is very nice. A bit more DOF would have been ideal, but in reality getting any decent image of this species is very difficult - and you have pulled it off nicely. Well done:cheers:

[jack williamson]

Great of them to pose for you like this! Great detail for an "old" camera.

Jack

[Stan Cunningham]

Unless you cropped this A LOT, I can't see how you could have improved dof, not when your subject is this close. River otters aren't that common in Katmai so good for you. Nice shot as usual.

[vishaljadhav]

i like the focus on the faces , its interesting to see both of the faces in focus
Expression on both the faces are nice and very timely captured.
Love the colour

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Steve,
sooooo sweet those two otters.

Besides your usual IQ and all the rest, that is good as most of the times, just want to say i like it as presented, if there is an option , maybe losing a bit from the top ...?

TFS Andreas