In Your Face

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 13, 2017147 views6 comments

The Sea Lions follow the salmon right up the streams and enable you to get quite close. I zoomed in for an extra close portrait. It was close enough that I could smell it's very bad breath!

Sony a6300, FE 70-200 F4 G @ 200 mm, ISO-100, f/4.0, 1/640, hand held.

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6 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 13, 2017 at 4:29 AM

Excellent portrait!
Great detail in the snout and mouth. The back of the head is a tad soft; maybe an F8 would have been given better DOF.
Nice water colour too, against the brown.
You're really posting some sweet images lately!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on February 13, 2017 at 9:56 AM

Gary,
Great to be able to get so close, great shot with great expression devil

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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on February 13, 2017 at 5:31 PM

Very nice portrait of this sea lion!
Like it as is.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on February 13, 2017 at 11:44 PM

Great up close look Gary. It's teeth look pretty worn down. Love the deep look in the eye too.

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Comment posted by Genny K. on February 19, 2017 at 2:36 AM

Wow, Gary, nice one. This is a really good up-close image. You must have been really close to get this at 200 mm. We saw several of them in Seward when we were there last month, but we certainly did not get this close. Nice shot!!

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 19, 2017 at 3:49 PM

Nice work. I like rich but natural colors and excellent detail.

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