Not my normal subject matter

[Stephen]

Staying with some friends over the weekend and visited Martin Mere one of the Wildfowl & Wetlands trust properties. So took my 100-400 lens along as this was the ideal opportunity to get some shots of the birds etc. They have an enclosure containing a family of Asian Otters, beautiful and charming creatures. Here is just one, hope to get more pictures put up later.

[Bear]

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Nice shot Stephen, good B&W conversion too

[Mike Parr]

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Cracking detail in the coat and a nice pose

[ash]

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Love this, nice b&w contrasty touch. Never captured an otter, Im jealous.

[Julia]

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Great shot - love the expression on his/her face.

[Autumn]

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Great detail Stephen. You must be pleased with this.

[Stephen]

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Thanks for the comments everyone, much appreciated.
Here is another shot taken with the 100-400 lens at 400mm. This is the full frame processed in Lightroom. A Greater Flamingo, dontcha just wish you could sometimes do that with your neck

[Stephen]

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Another shot of the otter

[Stephen]

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................and another shot of the Flamingo

[coupekid]

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Some super shots there Stephen!
Looks like you had a succesfull day.
I adore the mono shot of the otter, and the colours on the Greater Flamingo are terrific.

[Stephen]

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Some super shots there Stephen!
Looks like you had a succesfull day.
I adore the mono shot of the otter, and the colours on the Greater Flamingo are terrific.

I thought you might like some of these Ben. Martin Mere is to be recommended as a day out, frankly I was surprised, there were lots of great opportunities for photography.

[Pol]

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Nice ones.

I especially like the pics of the Otter. Nice composition for both otters and also such endearing little faces watching you.

Pol

[peter]

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I agree with the other posts very good photos but that first one is so sharp the detail is amazing.

[Jocelyn Walker]

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Cracking shots Stephen! You say not your usual subject matter, maybe you should do more as you capture wildlife so well with that lens of yours! I prefer the contrasty B&W of the otter! I dig the psychedelic legs on the flamingo! (upper part of legs!) The colours of flamingo are fantastic!

[Josh Bear]

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Love the second otter picture, composition and sharpness are superb. The 100-400 lens is a cracker. Always wanted one but can never seem to make the final purchase decision.

Best regards

Josh