Boys Will Be Boys

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 7, 2010152 views10 comments

In late December/early January I spent two weeks in Patagonia. Our first stop was Peninsula Valdes, famous for orcas that beach themselves to nab sea lions off the shore, southern right whales and massive southern elephant seals. Of course, the orcas didn't start coming in until February, we had missed the last whale of the season by 5 days and the adult seals had all left for their breeding grounds. So we got some birds and these rambunctious juvenile seals.

This pair practiced dueling in the surf for well over an hour.

Canon 7D
Canon 500mm f/4 IS
ISO250
1/1000th
f/6.3

Max

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on November 7, 2010 at 7:53 AM

Great action shot! I like that you got detail inside the mouths. Good exposure. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Richard Tomalty on November 7, 2010 at 9:32 AM

Very nicely stopped action. I like the movment of the water splashing.
Cheers
RickT

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 7, 2010 at 9:44 AM

A terrific frame very well captured!
May be possible to bring out more details on the right one. May benefit from more room at the top.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 7, 2010 at 10:56 AM

Great action shot. You got eye contact from both animals in an action shot, very good.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on November 7, 2010 at 1:30 PM

Very nice Max. The poses, the open mouths, the splashing water and the light are all great attributes. Jagdeep has some excellent suggestions about retrieving some detail on the right one and more room on top.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on November 7, 2010 at 7:00 PM

Great action and I really like the splashing water. Very dramatic!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 7, 2010 at 9:48 PM

Great timing to catch the wave coming in with the two seals open mouthed and up against each other. The warm ochre sand works well to ground the image.

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on November 8, 2010 at 12:33 PM

Nice action, Max. I like the synchronicity here.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on November 8, 2010 at 6:33 PM

Nice action shot! I like the open mouths and the splashing water that you captured here. they look pretty fierce.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on November 8, 2010 at 6:40 PM

Love it. Powerful. You handled the harsh light very well, although I agree about salving some detail on the right side.

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