Thankyou, Markus. He came over to have a look at me, as I had set up to take pics of his family a few minutes earlier. We've had some very funny experiences with beavers in these parts. They have a mammal's mind, through and through.
wow great capture, very stealth look to his swimming, I like the just above water look, very nice lighting and tones, the slight wake is a nice show of movement... The 500 Is a awesome lens, I only wish I could carry it around for a day, I am secretly hoping for a 500mm F/4 DO