Wyoming Beaver

I think you did a good job with the contrast on this one Jerry. The reflections and dark water look natural to me. I like how he looks to be rolling his head to get a better look at you. A little tweak of contrast on just the eye or lightening of the white dot might bring out a bit more of the catchlight that's present. And I have the same problem concentrating on pictures when I see the critters .

Wet fur is really difficult to translate into clean detail but he is making an interesting subject. The vertical lines at the top are all slanted on the same orientation, so it makes me believe this will look better with some clockwise rotation, although that will crop some of the image. What I find most compelling, however, is the interesting colors and reflections of the ripples, especially the near fore ground. I think it would make a compelling abstract if you had enough canvas to present it.