Sea Otter preening itself in Morro Bay, CA sea-otter-morro-bay_13

Sea Otter preening itself in Morro Bay, CA Feb. 21, 2007 - taken from a kayak on a calm day... this critter got very comfortable with us... so we did not molest it by drifting fairly close. In fact, I discarded many shots because the focus range was set for >=6.5 meters, and I was closer than that. Photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com - Shot w/ a Canon 20D w/ 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 IS lens handheld. 1/250 f/11 400mm ISO 400 built-in flash

This photo is published with my permission at americanwildlife.awardspace.com/wildlifedetail.php?genus=...
31 March 2008, This sea otter image is posted, along with a few more of my Sea Otter photos, under a Creative Commons Attribution license, at ozanimals.com and permission was given to Carol Anne Rashee to make some artwork motivated by these images.

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This photo was a candidate in Picture of the Year 2008 (Wikipedia.org)

22 Oct. 2009. Creative Commons use note: Bobbi Coulter [bobbi [at} falloncoulter d o t com] says "We are working on a cooperative educational interpretation project for the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve and saw one of your photos - of a sea otter - that we would like to use on our Marine Mammal. Just so you can see how the photo will be used, we've attached a design comp. We had a different otter, but he was not a high-enough resolution. We are producing 16 panels total and the goal is to inform visitors about the importance of preserving the Reserve and all the plants and animals that live there. This is an educational project and is not for profit - However, we will gladly include photo credit on the picture. Would this be OK with you? If so, exactly what would you like us to list as your photo credit? Thank you, Bobbi Direct: 775.771.7320." I said Bobbi, I love to contribute to projects like yours. I'm honored you want to use my image. The comp mock up looks terrific, and attribution as you show it is perfect. If you wanted to see other candidates lists ~150 otters by "interestingness." No real need to read further - www.flickr.com/people/mikebaird/#credit (pasted below) documents answers to all questions I get about using my images... e.g., make sure you get to the full res-version, please add a comment, etc. Mike Baird mike [at} mikebaird d o t com flickr.bairdphotos.com