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February 1, 2015

Recently in early January I visited Price County, WI.  Walked along the south fork of the Jump River snowy sub zero temeratures.  I was lucky to see along the far shore of the river a pair of otters playing in the water, jumping in and out of the river.  Playing on the ice and diving back in.

 

This could be a lesson on the neccessity of using a tripod with a telephoto lens.  Handheld telephoto tends to blurr a picture.  These otters are in the far distance so I shot the set using 300mm my len's maximum range.

 

I shot many pictures and only a few are worthy of consideration.  At the time I was very excited to see otters, the same day I thought I shot some really awesome pictures.  You can see my favorites from that day on Flickr.

 

In retrospect they are not my best photographic work.  What learned is not that I should use a tripod.  I learned 30 days can give a lot of objectivity.  The memory of the otters is faded, separated from the experience the photos can be looked at with a more critical eye.  What I thought was awesome on January 1st, is not always awesome come February 1st.

 

I suggest to add time into your photographic workflow.  Allow a 30 day buffer.  Take the pictures, same day label and tag then set aside for a month.  A month separates the experiece from the photos.  Time and distance gives objectivity to choosing your favorites.  Plus its fun to see what you may have fogotten in just a month.

 

Cheers,

Kelly

 

 

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