Seal Pup

Hello,

My travels took me up the East Coast last week, the one reasonable day allowed me to get out in some nice light. This little fella seems happy

Techs:

D3 + 500 f4 with 1.4 TC (700mm)
1/800 second @ f8 on Monopod
ISO 400

about 80% of original

cheers for looking

Colin.

LOL! Made me smile.. Nice isolation and a different bit of habitat on the sand dunes which is what I expect from the east coast colonies.. The tongue just adds that extra humour. If I was to comment to critique I would say it's a shame about the horizontal seal behind it's head but you can't have everything and for me that's what you expect in a colony.

Nice work indeed.

Brett

Great shot Colin and brilliant expression. Couple of dust spots to the right of the pup but these are easily sorted. Must have picked a great day to be up there considering the weather at the moment!

Shame about the seal inthe b/g but love the expression on the pup's face

Mark

Colin

love the expression on the little chap
great capture well done

Beautiful image,love the pose caught,very funny

Lovely texture to the fur but what on earth has happened to the facial detail which seems to have taken on a quite unrealistic tone.

So funny and beautiful at the same time. Very very nice.

Edwin Kats

Very comical.

I think I would spend some time on the BG.

Hi Colin

lovely shot made by the expression on his face

any minor nits already noted.

Made me smile.
Cheers,
Chris

A very appealing shot, Colin. As others have already said, that tongue makes it. You do have a lot of wasted space above the subject. I can understand why you would not want anything extra at the bottom of the frame and I therefore wonder if a crop off the top to make a slightly more panoramic shot might improve it still further.

David

This certainly has a big 'aww..' factor, what a lovely image.

Des

A lovely image Colin and I would leave it as it is.
Robert