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Viathelens

Viathelens

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Otters can be incredibly difficult to photograph. They move quickly, splash around in the water a lot, literally rolling, and are very fast. Also when wet they simply look like a large rat, not very attractive. And wet fur makes it hard to figure out what part of the body is even visible in some shots. I shot, literally, thousands of otter shots in Homer AK recently trying to get some good ones at a marina near my motel. The otters let me get fairly close, sometimes too close with the 600PF. I'm still going through them but have found some that I think will work out. I was really trying hard to get the mom and pup shots whenever I could but in many of the shots they just merge together as wet rugs! Also, processing the shots with extreme contrast can be tricky.

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NorthernFocus said:
You did well here, Connie. And now there's someone else here in the forum that understands how hard it is to get a decent otter shot :)
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Incredibly difficult, something I've been after for years since the first time I tried getting an otter shot. The otters at this marina were very accommodating, thank goodness! Really difficult to get a good shot of these guys.
 
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The challenges you had and describe are not evident in these shots! Nicely done! Beautiful and not a single shot where I mistook the subjects for wet rugs (great description, btw!).
 
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ssheipel said:
The challenges you had and describe are not evident in these shots! Nicely done! Beautiful and not a single shot where I mistook the subjects for wet rugs (great description, btw!).
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That description came to mind after viewing image after image where I couldn't tell where one otter started and the other ended.
 
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Highly recommend shooting some video with audio if you can. Recording the sound of crabs being crunched in their mouths adds a new dimension to the usual still images of the otters.
 
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