Beaver

[Andrew McLachlan]

A beaver image from last winter at Humber Bay on Lake Ontario in Toronto. I lay flat on the icy shoreline while this beaver was just off shore staring at me.

Nikon D200
80-400 VR lens @ 400mm (effective 600mm)
f8 @ 1/160 sec.
ISO 200

Look forward to all comments.

[Colin Driscoll]

I'd say it probably felt safe in that cold water. I like the shot but have you just missed the focus by a nose?

[Harshad Barve]

What a creature this is , water really looks very cold here , VWD
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Any lower and you would have been in the water Andrew. Good perspective, and I like the visible eyes.

[Rachel Hollander]

Andrew - good POV. I too like the eyes. Looks like a little bit of movement?

TFS,
Rachel

[Marc Mol]

Nice low perspective and eye contact. Did you use a dry suit Andrew?
TFS

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks to everyone for the comments. They are much appreciated. I probably should have bumped-up the ISO a little and stopped down a smidge more - focus point was on the eyes. No dry suit was used, I was laying on the ice build-up along the shoreline. It was rather cold though.

[Marina Scarr]

Love the perspective here. Don't envy your temperatures. Normally, focusing on the eye would be the answer but in this case the nose looking a bit soft detracts a bit. Like the fact that you can just see his teeth.

[Robert Amoruso]

Andrew,

I am going to agree with Marina here that the nose, being so prominent in the image is distracting being OOF. I like the low angle and blue of the water.

[Morkel Erasmus]

nice head-on shot here with good use of DOF Andrew...maybe rotate slightly as I would prefer the beaver's eyes to be in the same plane? :)

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks to all for the comments. They are much appreciated.