docholiday Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 Difficult to photograph but totally addictive, 12 days and had three encounters, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 Excellent pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 Sea otters? Cool. Loved seeing the inland ones around when I lived in the borders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted July 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 `These were taken around the sea lochs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 Top quality photos Doc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinchesterDave Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 Which Lochs were these taken by Doc? Didn't see any last year and would enjoy the opportunity to photograph them next month. We stayed on Loch Na Keal last year and same again this year, just more towards Ulva side this year. Cheers, Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENGRASS Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 Nice work Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 Awesome, one of my favourite animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted July 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Which Lochs were these taken by Doc? Didn't see any last year and would enjoy the opportunity to photograph them next month. We stayed on Loch Na Keal last year and same again this year, just more towards Ulva side this year. Cheers, Dave No special places or lochs. they are so difficult to photograph in the wild, In 17 days I saw 8 otters managed to get photographic chances three times and only one did I have some reasonable light. Once you see the otter in the loch you have to work out which way it is travelling then try and get in front of it, try and get into a position to get the shots. Thats when the fun starts, Otters dive for 15 to 20 seconds so you have to move when they are down. That involves running across seaweed covered boulders with 15 grands worth of camera and lens, this coupled with my athletic, muscle bound fat free body !!!! Is tough. Then you have to hope that the otter catches something and brings it ashore to eat in front of you. All I can say is that when it comes together it is a most amazing experience to be 20 feet of these wonderful creatures, Oh yes then you have to remember to get your exposures and shutter speeds matched up with a changing ISO and press the shutter. ............ Can be very frustrating, I spent 17 days and 4 tanks of fuel to get about 2 mins of photographs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinchesterDave Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 No special places or lochs. they are so difficult to photograph in the wild, In 17 days I saw 8 otters managed to get photographic chances three times and only one did I have some reasonable light. Once you see the otter in the loch you have to work out which way it is travelling then try and get in front of it, try and get into a position to get the shots. Thats when the fun starts, Otters dive for 15 to 20 seconds so you have to move when they are down. That involves running across seaweed covered boulders with 15 grands worth of camera and lens, this coupled with my athletic, muscle bound fat free body !!!! Is tough. Then you have to hope that the otter catches something and brings it ashore to eat in front of you. All I can say is that when it comes together it is a most amazing experience to be 20 feet of these wonderful creatures, Oh yes then you have to remember to get your exposures and shutter speeds matched up with a changing ISO and press the shutter. ............ Can be very frustrating, I spent 17 days and 4 tanks of fuel to get about 2 mins of photographs. Wow... that's a heck of a lot of work! But it certainly paid off! Those images are incredible:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrie Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 I had an Otter run right across the road in front of me in my truck when driving back from Galashiels towards Peebles on Friday......usually only see them lying dead on the M9 at the River Carron...thats only the third Scottish otter I've seen in all my 60 years...great looking animals.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 A few in the Hawick loches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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