Kissin' Cousins

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 31, 2018262 views2 comments

I photographed these two young California Sea Lions along the coast at La Jolla, California earlier this month. Were they being affectionate, or just sizing each other up for a challenge? You decide. Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at 227mm, AV exposure, f/9 at 1/1600th, ISO 2500.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on April 6, 2018 at 9:02 AM

Sweet image. Even their eyes are closed.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 7, 2018 at 11:07 AM

Great pose, well captured. They provide a fine compositional shape. Only thing one might try would be to remove some of the foreground to reduce the relative mass of it compared to the two sea lions...and that would be totally subjective, not a matter of right or wrong.

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