The Things I See
Stealth
Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 21 February 2008 in Animal & Insect.
My buddy the North American River Otter slides silently through the water looking for an opportunity to enter his den underneath those twigs on the riverbank.
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
A beautiful nature shot. I love all the earthy textures and colors.
21 Feb 2008 5:54am
e. from New York, NY, United States
Beautiful! I really like the ripples you captured.
21 Feb 2008 6:12am
Koushiro from Singapore, Singapore
Way cool! I like both the Ripples and the reflection here! Well done!
21 Feb 2008 7:25am
Betty from United States
Wonderful opportunity to be photographing the otter! Nice shot.
21 Feb 2008 10:36am
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
You're right -- he's sneaky. I was busy looking at the leaf debris on the surface of the water and the great reflections. It you hadn't mentioned he was there, I might have missed him altogether. So much for close observation, eh? But it's early morning here and I'm still sleepy (excuses, excuses... lol).
21 Feb 2008 12:03pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Nice reflection, the root of the treeeat the bottom looks like an upside down skull...
21 Feb 2008 12:15pm
MJ from Delaware, United States
Craiger another intriging shot... just beautiful.
21 Feb 2008 1:17pm
Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa
Nice capture Graiger, I also like the reflections in the water.
21 Feb 2008 1:37pm
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
A very beautiful nature shot, so full of details, love it!
21 Feb 2008 4:24pm
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Wonderful with the reflections again... like Michael said, I really love the earthiness of this.
21 Feb 2008 4:24pm
danthro from Suburbia, United States
Man, I'd like to be buddies with a North American River Otter! ;) Seriously though, nice candid shot. Always neat to see animals and things I wouldn't usually even realize were there.
21 Feb 2008 6:04pm
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
I love the textures of the tree bark in the reflection and the ripples created by the the Otter. Beautiful Craig.
21 Feb 2008 10:12pm
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
Really superb capture of this scene in the wild. As it happens, I also attempted a shot at an otter, but that was at the Sealife centre in Birmingham where we brought Elise last week. (My very poor attempt at it as the otter scurried by, on this post at our family blog).
The reflections in your image here are really marvellous, imho.
21 Feb 2008 11:04pm
Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica
Neat shot Craiger! Looks like he's on a covert mission.
22 Feb 2008 5:08am
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Good framing, to include the water, the textures, and with the beautiful otter in just the right place.
22 Feb 2008 12:24pm
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
OOOOO you finally found one!!!!
Love the reflections too!!!! Excellent!
22 Feb 2008 6:01pm
Sony DSC-H9
1/20 second
F/5.0
ISO 80
31 mm
