beaver

nokk · Feb 15, 2021

the light was going fast so i laid down on the floating dock on the pond to shoot this. 600mm @ 1/320 sec. handheld, but my hands were supported by the dock. i never knew how noisy beavers were when they ate. absolutely no table manners at all.

Jeff15 · Feb 16, 2021

Good shot......

RVT1K · Feb 16, 2021

Cool shot. You can see the beady-eyed focus many rodents get when eating.

There used to be a beaver pond near my mom's house. I would often sneak down before dusk and watch.

K9Kirk · Feb 16, 2021

Nice shot. Does you lens or camera have VR?

Space Face · Feb 16, 2021

Great low, eye level pov.

They've reintroduced them here. Can't say I agree but they are here nevertheless.

PJM · Feb 16, 2021

Very nice image. Great eye level view and composition.

nokk · Feb 16, 2021

Jeff15 said:
Good shot......

thanks jeff

RVT1K said:
Cool shot. You can see the beady-eyed focus many rodents get when eating.

There used to be a beaver pond near my mom's house. I would often sneak down before dusk and watch.

thanks rvt1k. he was a little skittish at first, but then he decided dinner was more important than the crazy big eye watching him.

K9Kirk said:
Nice shot. Does you lens or camera have VR?

thanks k9. the sony 200-600mm lens has IS on it. but even with IS, with the size and weight of the lens and if there's any wind catching the lens hood, around 1/1000 sec is about as slow as i can hand hold with consistent results.

Space Face said:
Great low, eye level pov.

They've reintroduced them here. Can't say I agree but they are here nevertheless.

thanks space face. they're good at cleaning up fallen branches, but they can also be a menace if the population gets out of control or if they take up residence in a place where they shouldn't be.