Where are you ....... mummy ?

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hey folks
no other one would like to throw an image in the ring !
So here is another elllie from the southern ocean.

This little seal was calling for mum in the chaos of a big colony.

Like the framing by the two other seals and the ocean as BG.

Canon EOS 1D MK III
EF 500 IS L
Tripod

F 8 ; ISO 640 ; 1/1000 sec

Cropped to 70% of FF

Processed in RPP and PS

Thanks for watching and commenting

Cheers Andreas


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[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Andreas - nice look at the youngster through the oof adults. Great low pov and pose with the open mouth. I like the way the black body stands out against the bright surf. I might tone down the surf on the rhs slightly as it seems a little brighter/whiter than the left and my eye is drawn there.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Andreas, I quite like the POV and the flanking seals either side to frame the image. For me, the OOF flipper on the RHS I don't think carry's much and therefore would crop some off the RHS to balance the image, putting the pup more central. You could also lose a little off the top, putting the ground on a Rule of Thirds. Personally I try to avoid mid ISO's and think you would not have lost much going to ISO 800. The BKG certainly lifts the pup nicely.

TFS
Steve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Rachel and Steve,
have made straight a pano , when i processed the OP , because i was not sure about the framing.
Had the pup centered , but i decided against a centered pup, because the pup is looking out of the frame .

WDYT ?

Thanks Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Yep, this could work as another option, might just soften or clone the darkish blob in the BKG on the RHS near the edge. :w3

[Andreas Liedmann]

Left it in , because the area is too uniform for my taste :wave:

But thanks , Mr. Detail.

[Rachel Hollander]

Andreas - the pano crop works for me.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Love the perspective and the repost ticks the right boxes for me, Andreas. It's good to see some images from your trip! :5

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Morkel and Rachel really appreciated .

Cheers Andreas