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Grey Seal

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on November 24, 2009 at 5:20 AM
Grey Seal
Hi Guys,

Been very busy with fighting off the Flu and therefor had not had much time to post or comment recently. Finally feel a bit better and been able to go through my files from the recent UK trip.
Here's one of the Grey Seals i photographed at Donna Nook. This one was treathning a rival and working with my home made "ground -pod" gave me a nice low POV.

More stuff from my recent France and UK trips on my weblog: http://jeroenstel.blogspot.com/

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F 6,3
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: - 1
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 1000
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On home made ground pod
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own mix-Sharpening

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Posted by Brett Lewis on November 24, 2009 at 5:52 AM
A great point of view Jeroen and it looks like you're amongst the action and possibly getting very wet.. :biggrin: Nice detail and you can see the whites in her eyes which shows her frustration.

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Colin Crowdey on November 24, 2009 at 7:13 AM
I like the low POV and you've catptured the expression well - but personally I prefer some of your shots on your weblog (especially the seal "waving" goodbye)

cheers

Colin
Posted by Kim Connolly on November 24, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Lovely shot - like the POV very much.
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on November 24, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Jeroen the POV is spot on for me, as you almost feel that you are in there with the seal. To have a bit of action works well too. BTW Is the tide rolling back towards the seal? :toast:
Posted by Chris Johnstone on November 24, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Hi Jeroen,

I've been waiting to see the results from your trip and I'm not disappointed. Perhaps a little more room on the left would portray the context a little better. As it is it could just be intepreted as the seal yawning.

I'm going to nip onto the blog and see what else you've got :-)

Cheers,

Chris
Posted by Fran French on November 24, 2009 at 12:37 PM
The seal really looks like it means business, especially showing the white of it's eye.Very nice Jeroen.

Fran :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on November 24, 2009 at 1:59 PM
A beautiful pose captured and the look caught makes the image IMO,very nice Jeroen,and hope you are fighting fit again :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Paul Ashton on November 24, 2009 at 2:09 PM
To conventional. Not what we have come to expect from you Jeroen.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on November 24, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Hi Paul,

I do some conventional stuff every now and then... :wink: :biggrin:

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on November 24, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Very nice PoV and a good expression.

As an observation, perhaps the crop is too tight? As a viewer I don't know what the animal is reacting to - I'm guessing there is a male getting too close but that is because I'm familiar with the species? It isn't an issue because the image works well, but I'm intrigued about why the animal is being aggressive - because I don't know, I'm left feeling that the image is only telling part of the story.

I probably think about things too much! :biggrin:

Nice shot, cheers,
Chris