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Cape Fur Seal
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Cape Fur Seal

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 24, 201473 views2 comments
Personally I would not wish to get into the Southern Atlantic especially given the fact that a very cold current (Benguela) runs along the coast, it will be freezing, but seals are made for it. This was taken at Boulder Bay, Namaqualand National Park, South Africa.
EOS 1dX
200-400mm F4 with 1,4 EX at 560 mm
F10
ISO 800
1/1600

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 26, 2014 at 8:19 PM
I like the water color and the eye of the seal. I am not sure about the pano framing, and maybe if surroundings added little, then a closer crop? Techs, as usual, look spot on.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 27, 2014 at 2:20 AM
Lon,

Thanks very much for commenting, I am glad you like it.
This is quite a large crop already as we could not get very close to the action, I think that the IQ would stand up to much more "enlargement".The surroundings were mainly out of focus rocks.
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Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments