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Backlit Seal pup

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Posted by Nigel Blake on December 13, 2008 at 8:25 AM
Not posted for a while as I've been extremely busy.
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus pup at Donna Nook Lincolnshire taken a couple of weeks ago, the combination of late afternoon light and wind-blown sand made the atmosphere, it just meant waiting for the pose!

Canon EOS 1Ds MkIII + 600mm F4 IS
Subject dist: 18.1m
1/250 sec, f/9
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 320
AF mode: Manual Focus
Drive: Continuous (high)
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 22.3MB
Image size: 5616 x 3744
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: 0
Contrast: 0
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn III-13: AF point brightness: brighter

RAW conversion DPP and Post production, levels, resize and sharpen CS3

Many other new images on my Flickr gallery; and I'm hoping the new web site will be up and running later this week.
Posted by Rob Husband on December 13, 2008 at 8:40 AM
Striking image, great colours and lighting - really like all of it

Great pose by your model too.

Rob
Posted by Tim Munsey on December 13, 2008 at 9:30 AM
Very very nice, in every way.

Tim
Posted by Major Gilbert on December 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Thats a beauty Nigel;. Very different to what we ususally see.. :toast:

Major
Posted by Tom Smit on December 13, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Nice image.

Every Seal has A Silver Line :smile:

:toast:
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on December 13, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Very nice indeed.

Greg
Posted by Justin on December 13, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Lovely shot :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on December 13, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Beautful seal shot. I like it very much :smile: :smile:
Posted by Magnus Hird on December 13, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Really nice shot Nigel, love the golden colours and rim-lighting :smile:
Posted by John Varley on December 13, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Very attractive silhouette and backlighting Nigel. :toast:

John

Posted by Matt Cole on December 13, 2008 at 3:07 PM
very nice indeed and a bit different to the normal seal shots that we see.

Matt
Posted by Simon Litten on December 13, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Top drawer stuff! Looking forward to the new website.


Simon
Posted by Ray on December 13, 2008 at 7:39 PM
A cracking shot, great visualisation.
Posted by Colin Pickett on December 14, 2008 at 5:00 AM
First class Nigel very different from the usual, looks like he's practicing for when the tide comes in :toast:
Posted by Mark Sisson on December 15, 2008 at 3:59 AM
A classic Donna pup pic well done Nigel.

:toast:

Mark