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foxbat
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 12:22
I think these two lovers are a pair of asian small clawed otters. It was so sweet to watch them, they were so in love they couldn't keep away from each other.

Can you tell this was shot through a chain-link fence only about 12 inches in front of the otters?

400mm f/5.6L, f/5.6, 1/1250s.

http://www.aprd31.dsl.pipex.com/nature/otters1.jpg
KBMphotography.com
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 12:38
Wow. Superb.

Well done..... where was it taken?
tommykjensen
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 12:42
Wonderfull photo.


Can you tell this was shot through a chain-link fence only about 12 inches in front of the otters?


Yes I believe I can. The bokeh gets kind a special weird pattern from the fence. But it is still a great photo.
Vetteography
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 12:49
If that was any sweeter, I would be in a diabetic coma.... What a shot!
lomond
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 12:52
Can you tell this was shot through a chain-link fence only about 12 inches in front of the otters?


If you hadn't said I would never have known.
Apart from Tommys' point the only other strange part is the ear on the otter on the left.
A bit of cloning maybe ?

It's a great shot, well done.
C.S.I.
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 12:54
Man I need that Lens.......Nice shot
LazyPhotographer
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 13:02
Very sweet...
cfcRebel
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 15:35
That's so cute!
skade
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 19:30
fantastic shot!Thats so cute!
C.S.I.
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 22:00
fOX....

Shot is sweet.......but I thought minimum distance was like 11 feet with that lens.......

Im probably wrong on my calculations, but...i gotta get that glass! As usual nice shots!
RbrtPtikLeoSeny
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 23:21
Fantastic shot, and yes, you can see the pattern of the fense in the back ground grass above the otters heads, but nothing all that bad. Kinda looks cool actually. Great shot though!
sixshot
7th of May 2005 (Sat), 23:49
Cute great shot. Nice.
yeah1000
8th of May 2005 (Sun), 00:07
very nice
foxbat
8th of May 2005 (Sun), 02:23
Well done..... where was it taken?Mole Hall Wildlife Park (http://www.molehall.com/)near Stanstead.

Apart from Tommys' point the only other strange part is the ear on the otter on the left. A bit of cloning maybe ? No cloning, I think that diagonal blur across the ear must be one of the fence wires.

Shot is sweet.......but I thought minimum distance was like 11 feet with that lens.......You are right, the minimum focus distance is 3.5m and that's pretty much how far I was away from the otters, and the fence was about a foot in front of them.

I wish they'd been frolicking a little further back from the fence because it would have blurred out even more but you can't have everything.