Down the Hatch

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 21, 2015127 views7 comments

Another Sea Lion swallowing a spawning salmon at Valdez, Alaska. This one was taken a day later than the previous post. I like this one because you can see the eye of the salmon and it has lots of mouth details although any dentists viewers might not be quite so impressed ;-)

Sony ILCE-6000, FE 70-200 F4 G @ 121 mm (181 mm equiv.), ISO-250, f/6.3, 1/1000, handheld.

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7 comments

Comment posted by May Haga on October 23, 2015 at 6:07 PM

Another great action shot of a Sea Lion capturing salmon. I think I like this one a little better than the first.
May

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 23, 2015 at 11:06 PM

Very cool image Gary. Before I opened the thumbnail, it almost looked like a dog swimming with a training retriever dummy. Love the eye and those teeth are awesome. Nice timing.

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on October 24, 2015 at 9:17 PM

Wonderful action! I agree with you, it’s cool to see the eye of the salmon and the teeth of the Sea Lion. Excellent!

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 24, 2015 at 11:31 PM

This is powerful in both a graphic and documentary sense. No nits. In terms of artistic presentation,however, I prefer the earlier post because of the lower to the water perspective.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on October 25, 2015 at 8:52 AM

Hi Gary,

Another interesting sea lion shot - well done! I think I like the previous version a little more - to me this one carries the perspective of looking "down" on the subject more than the previous one (could just be the angle of the sea lion's head). Looks like you had a lot of fun with these guys!

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on October 25, 2015 at 10:09 PM

Brad; you're right that this one was taken from a steeper angle. I was actually at the same elevation but this sea lion was quite a bit closer (notice that the previous one was taken at 200mm and this one at 121mm.) About the only way I would have been able to get a lower angle would have been to climb into the water with him. Generally, that's not considered to be a very good idea!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 3, 2015 at 3:24 AM

Having just caught up with your previous post, I find this even better. devil

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