Ever sense someone or something is watching you? That happened to me this past week while kayaking in a Missouri Conservation Area. I was sitting still near a beaver lodge, waiting for some activity to begin. I kept looking at the lodge, then up in the sky, in case some Wood Ducks flew over. All at once, I sensed I was being watched. I turned around and looked at the beaver lodge, just in time to see this little guy intently watching me:
Apparently, he was on the backside of the lodge and foraging around the shallow water. Either sensing, or hearing me, he looked over the lodge to check me out. I had a very similar experience at this location just a week before, so it might be the same little guy. :o)
Photographic Equipment Used:
- Canon 5D Mark 3 body
- Canon EF100mm-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens + Canon 1.4x TC, shot at 520 mm
- Handheld from a kayak, with IS “On”
- ISO 6400 (conditions were foggy and right at sunrise)
- Aperture f/22 (shot this with way too small an Aperture; had it at f/22 to capture greater depth of field with Wood Ducks in the fog)
- Shutter 1/8 sec. (Thank Goodness for IS!)