At that moment, I was delighted to see the Otters up close but was disappointed that I did not bring my Fuji XT1 and 55-200mm with me. I shot the otters up close with my iphone6s and the picture quality was bad!
From that day onward, when I cycle in the morning, I will bring along the XT1 and 55-200mm with me. As the system is relatively small, I can put the setup into my small cycling backpack. However, for the next 2 months, I did not see the family of Otters. So I shot other animals in the same gardens which I posted on the previous blog.
Today was a great day. At 8am, I found them on the end of the gardens by the bay (near the beach end) and follow them for the next 2hrs. They moved and swarm in a group. When they hunt for fishes, they use teamwork to lure the fishes to a dead end before catching it.
Finally, I have some decent set of photos.There is a 5min video of the feeding / swimming / running action of the Otters. Loving the colors of Fujifilm X series. As the otters are moving constantly, I realized the best shutter speed is from 1/1000s-1/2000s to keep them sharp. I also used the updated FW4.0 on XT1 where the continuous AF (Zone focusing) to keep track of the otters during the shoot.
The Taipei City view with Iconic Taipei 101 building. Shot by Fuji X100 f5.6 , 5s iso800.
