I'm by no means a wildlife photographer, so please don't expect too much - there's only one small animal in this post.
The Beaver
PhotoFeed Theme Contest - Wildlife Photography
As mentioned above, I'm no wildlife photographer, I'm much too impatient, and I didn't think that I would join this weeks PhotoFeed Contest Wilflife Photography, but then I remembered the morning when I met him:
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The above image is my contribution to this week's PhotoFeed Contest. The theme of the week is Wilflife Photography. I know, some of you might say that it's only a beaver or that it's nothing special, but for a non-wildlife photographer or better said for me it's quite something ... and it's a cute animal 😊
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Some beavers are living at the reservoir where I often go for a walk, but I rarely see them. Either it is still too dark, so that I mostly only hear them smashing their tail on the water surface to warn the others that a dangerous human is here, or I am too late when they are already sleeping in their lodge.
They don't have dams here at this lake, but they have built some quite hidden lodges into the steep lakeshore.
The Beaver / Castor - Wikipedia
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Once, a while before I took these photos, there was a very young beaver that was curious enough to get very close to me, but then an older one smashed its tail on the water and the youngster swam away. It didn't seem to feel any fear and I didn't want to scare it by pointing the camera on it, so I don't have taken photos from this lovely moment.
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The photos in this post were made during a morning walk about two years ago. I was quite lucky to see another curious beaver after the youngster I mentioned above, having its morning swim. Unfortunately, I have only had my 70-200mm lens with me. The 150-600mm lens, which I have had back then, would have been much better to get the beaver bigger in the images, but I was happy anyway.
The beaver saw me and wasn't scared at all. He swam towards me, had a closer look to see if I mean any danger and then he swam slowly away, so that I have had enough time to take a few photos.
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So, that was my post for today - I hope that you like this little guy.
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All photos were taken with the Canon EOS R and the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L lens.
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