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    Default Homer IPT - Day 2 - Sea Otter feasting on Yellow Crab

    Sea Otter eating his Lunch.
    This guy swam along not at all caring what we were doing, feasting on crabs and ducking down occasionaly to get a new one.

    Edited in Lightroom, very minor tonal tweaks. Full frame. (uncropped).

    Canon 1dIV, 800mm Lens
    1/320 @ f 6.3, ISO 1600, Manual.

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    Two shots here, any preferences on which is 'better' ?
    All Comments welcome.

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    Mark

    PS: I havn't had a chance to edit out the sensor spots/hair, but will !.

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    Hi Mark, these guys are high up on my 'love to photograph' they are just great characters. It's when they wrap themselves up in kelp and go to sleep, that they look really cute, but to have 'belly stones' they pepper the sea floor with and know exactly where they left them to break the crab shells etc, now that is clever.

    Another image posted that each version has their own merits. What I would look at is the amount of blue coming through which is quite strong (is it a reflection from the boat?), therefore I might be tempted to reduce that and give the image another round of selected sharpening in key areas. I might also be tempted to open some of the darker areas up with a little Highlight/Shadow, ie in the paws. At 1/320 HH with that lens not sure how crisp an image you will get, plus were you shooting from a zodiac?

    Hope this helps to illustrate my point, re the Blue.

    Enjoy your trip.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Hi Mark, these guys are high up on my 'love to photograph' they are just great characters. It's when they wrap themselves up in kelp and go to sleep, that they look really cute, but to have 'belly stones' they pepper the sea floor with and know exactly where they left them to break the crab shells etc, now that is clever.

    Another image posted that each version has their own merits. What I would look at is the amount of blue coming through which is quite strong (is it a reflection from the boat?), therefore I might be tempted to reduce that and give the image another round of selected sharpening in key areas. I might also be tempted to open some of the darker areas up with a little Highlight/Shadow, ie in the paws. At 1/320 HH with that lens not sure how crisp an image you will get, plus were you shooting from a zodiac?

    Hope this helps to illustrate my point, re the Blue.

    Enjoy your trip.

    TFS
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    - The 'blue' is water/reflected skylight, its not comming from the boat. (which was silver). We were quite amazed at how blue the water was looking vs the reflections of the green hill side behind him.

    We were shooting from a small catermaran, although it was very still at the time. Lens was accross the side of the boat, mounted on a panning ground pod/acratech head. They seem pretty sharp (in fact, very sharp, surprisingly) , though I would of liked some more DoF in places. I agree some more selective editing is required, will look at that when I get home on a real computer and repost for comments.


    Thanks for the comments.

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    Cheers Mark, might be worth shooting a few frames at f/5.6 to help SS and see how they compare? Good call on the Pod, not too slippery on deck then?

    Good luck.
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    I like the second image most , Excellent
    TFS

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    Hi a nice set of images I find them to big in the frame I think they need more room.

    Phil.


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    Like Harshad I prefer the 2nd image, because of the teeth, and I also agree with Phillip about some more room if you have it.

    It is always difficult from a boat especially with your shutter speed, but given the lack of light and allready high ISO, there is not a lot you could have done about it.

    Better luck next time

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    Great thing to see and experience. I haven't seen many pictures of them before so close up.

    I'd also vote for a little more room and for the second one, for those teeth (although I like the eye and ear in the first). I never realised they had such reflective heads - must be very difficult to shoot. I really look forward to seeing them after your rework.

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    I prefer the second image too, and good advice from Steve. I like your comp.

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