Otter.

[CT]

Another Chester Zoo inhabitant. This guy was comical - really inquisitive.

 

[CT]

And a Gopher...

 

[KenCo]

Just makes me envious that you can zoom in so close and also get great detail. :thumb:

 

[CT]

Well the 100-400L is a lot of money, but on the Chester trip it never came off the camera despite the fact that I lugged a heavy bag full of gear around on a sweltering hot day, which I could have left at home. I expected the 100-400 to be a bit 'long' in some situations, but I found there was always room to move back sufficiently even with the closer animals.

It's a heavy lens, but you get used to bracing your elbows on your chest and relieving a lot of the strain of using it all day.

 

[Matt]

2 more excellent shots, love the otter, great characters

 

[Steve]

The gopher is a belter, possibly the best pic you have shown so far?

 

[dod]

The gopher is a belter, possibly the best pic you have shown so far?

Absolutely lovely, great DOF, perfect composition, an absolute beauty

 

[CT]

The gopher is a belter, possibly the best pic you have shown so far?

Now you come to mention it - the layering and the bokeh is very nice.

I nearly binned it too. :stupid: