Otters!

AK47J · Sep 17, 2014

Went to the High Desert Museum last weekend. They have two river otters. We were there when the otters were very active. Neither of them stopped for more than a few seconds. So I set the A6000 to "machine gun" and bumped off a few controlled bursts of the otters while they ran/swam around. A few turned out ok.

pthrift · Sep 17, 2014

Otters are such comedians. They remind me somewhat of a ferret with their antics. I like #4 where he almost seems like he's giving you the "what are you lookin' at?" expression

sscarmack · Sep 17, 2014

Those are Otters alright

I really like the last one, they are so cool to watch.

limr · Sep 17, 2014

So damn cute! Good job getting those shots.

That is some remarkably clear water.

robbins.photo · Sep 17, 2014

Fantastic stuff - having made some attempts at shooting otters I know from experience they are not only wicked fast and unable to sit still for even a fraction of as second, they also move in incredibly strange and unpredictable ways.

It's a lot like trying to shoot a 2 year old on meth.

limr · Sep 17, 2014

robbins.photo said:
Fantastic stuff - having made some attempts at shooting otters I know from experience they are not only wicked fast and unable to sit still for even a fraction of as second, they also move in incredibly strange and unpredictable ways.

It's a lot like trying to shoot a 2 year old on meth.

Do I detect the voice of experience?

robbins.photo · Sep 17, 2014

limr said:
Do I detect the voice of experience?

Yup. My youngest. Terrible two's. Overdose of Mountain Dew and pixie stix. Environmental cleanup efforts of the site continue to this day. Lol

baturn · Sep 17, 2014

Great otter shots! I kinda like their casual look in #6.

waday · Sep 17, 2014

Love these shots. Otters are so cute. #4 is my favorite.

Woodsman · Sep 17, 2014

These are great, the underwater shot is my fav.

snerd · Sep 17, 2014

limr said:
So damn cute! Good job getting those shots.

That is some remarkably clear water.

I swear, you're thieving again! I was just going to mention how clear that water was!!

AK47J · Sep 17, 2014

Woodsman said:
These are great, the underwater shot is my fav.

Thank you. The water was pretty clear, and the glass was relatively clean, but it all still effected the focus speed of the camera, so most of the swimming shots were blurry. Plus the otters changed direction under water like a cruise missile.