I was fortunate to come across this rather obliging beaver loafing around on ice, right next to its' escape hole. It did not mind my presence at all, or so it seemed anyhow. It's tail was mostly hidden behind it's body, but for a few seconds it swung it over in view. Quite the low light, but bracing my lens on a fallen log really helped steady it. Hope you enjoy this image of our National animal!
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/80s., f/4, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, full-frame, reduce a blue cast on the fur by lower the saturation in the blue channel, a bit of burning to get some texture on the ice.
Nice to see a different subject Dan, excellent detail, especially given the conditions you must have been in. Not often we complain about being too close, but a little looser framing would have been nice, but fully understand you moving may have spooked him.
Daniel this is lovely is the colour pallette lighter on the face due to drier/drying fur? It's beautiful how the golden tones frame his face,or hers. The frame made us both smile it almost looks likes someone has taken it's fur gloves or rather the fur gloves it should have, The front feet add so much to this frame Dan ,it works for me I find your shutter speed and sharpness amazing here ,my only tiny nit might be to have the tail sharper but I'd def rather have it in frame than not.
Happy new year Dan cor you produce some fine images . A real joy viewing this frame Dan and a smile too. They ,beavers,seem to be making a prescence here now, having been reintroduced after we did for them. They split folks a bit but it's nice to have them back,they were afforded legal protection under law as a native species I believe last year . It's kinda nice to write about man putting something back with wildlife rather than what we all might loose Are they a shy subject normally ?
Hi Daniel like the tightness of the portrait . At this size you have done very well with that SS to get the sharpness you needed.
Lovely color and tones in the subject .I just wish for more detail in the ice/snow , might be difficult to achieve as the HL are clipped in all 3 channels .
Hope to see more ...
TFS Andreas
Hi Daniel -- Always a pleasure to see your images and this one is no exception either . I loved the framing and the details and sharpness inspite of the slow ss . At first glance i though that it is a fish lying in the BG .
Beaver On Ice.
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. The frame made us both smile it almost looks likes someone has taken it's fur gloves or rather the fur gloves it should have,
The front feet add so much to this frame Dan ,it works for me I find your shutter speed and sharpness amazing here ,my only tiny nit might be to have the tail sharper but I'd def rather have it in frame than not.
