Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/29

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: River Otter
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Mar 29 15:40:12 2008

Eric <ericm@pobox.com> wrote:

>
>>I'm not thrilled about the cluttered background or how much I had to crop,
>>but I'm delighted that after at least 10 years of trying to photograph this
>>critter I've finally gotten one photo I'm willing to show:
>>
>>http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/nrott00.html
>>
>>Technical stuff:  R8/DMR @ISO 400, 560mm f/6.8, shoulder stock & monopod
>>Sacramento County California last weekend
>
>(Can't tell that I'm way behind looking at images, can you?  :)
>
>Very nice shot!  How did you get this?  Were you in a blind, or was the
>otter aware of you the entire time?
>

The otter was completely aware of me.  I was fortunate to have been able to 
observe his normal activities for a little over an hour.  Thanks for looking 
(and to Clive).


Doug Herr
Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com