These are two juvenile Galapagos sea lions. They were lying next to each other, facing opposite directions. I wanted a photo without any rock distraction in the FG, but this was the best I could do. If I moved to the left there was an even larger rock. Oh well. I hope it doesn't detract too much. Let me know what you think of this, the comp, exposure... Thanks!
-Cam
Oh, and I used a diffused flash for the catchlight. If the catchlight looks fake, stupid..., let me know cause I fooled around a bit with it in PS. Thanks!
Tech:
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Tamron 28-300 f/3.5-6.3 @ 300mm f/6.3
1/200 sec
ISO 100
Comments
5 commentswhat a great image very unusual, it makes you look at it to understand it. I think the rock on the right of the image complements to composition with the seals and the exposure looks spot on to me.
I'm not sure about the catch-light
well done
Ron
-Cam
As for the catchlight, I'd try to just significantly lower the brightness of it. Part of what makes it odd is that the other eye isn't open, so there's no balance.
- Luke
Hmmm...hard to see (at this size) much difference between the posted version and the original. While I like seeing the eye (which is mostly made possible by the catchlight), it's hard for me to imagine how an eye positioned as this one is could naturally have a catchlight in it. I'd probably try what Luke has suggested and back off the brightness of it even more.
I like the heads/tails concept here, but I do find the slightly out of focus rock on the right a little damaging to the composition. It's not so much that it's a distraction, it's just that without it there (and sand in its place) I think the heads/tails concept would be driven home stronger.
Cheers..thanks for sharing this...
Brad