Andreas Liedmann
09-14-2015, 01:29 PM
Hi folks ,
sharing this old image with you from Donna Nook , reason for this is that the location is now closed for the public during breeding season .
Even if the area is large ( much larger than Helgoland ) there seemed to have been too much human impact to the seals , resulting in a higher pup mortality !!?? That is what the officials said . The human impact does come from walking along the beach and tidal areas , so the seals become disturbed by us .
I for myself have been there twice , each time for several days , and one has only been allowed to the beach during the weekends , as in the week the area is a bombing range for the RAF and it is closed for visitors .So during you have to stay behind a fence and watch the seals , they come right to you and giving birth to the pups in front of your eyes if you are lucky . But this is not the same as being on the beach with them where all the action is going on and you can get this lovely low POV , as Steve once commented to one of my postings taken behind the fence , the beach images are way better in which i agree .
So i feel a bit sad about the changing conditions at Donna Nook as this is the best location for this kind of shooting with this mass of animals , but fully understand the rules and will accept them with some little tears in my eyes just from the photographic POV .
While watching through the old files i felt i could have done better ...... it would be good to go again , but as i said with very different expectations regarding the opportunities of shooting .
Canon EOS 1D MK IIn
EF 500 IS L
Tripod
F 5,6 ; Iso 200 ; 1/750sec
Processed with Iridient Developer ( DPP is causing a problem on my machine at the moment ) and PS CC 2015
Cropped for comp from RHS /top / bottom
Thanks for looking and commenting to my previous through .
Cheers Andreas
sharing this old image with you from Donna Nook , reason for this is that the location is now closed for the public during breeding season .
Even if the area is large ( much larger than Helgoland ) there seemed to have been too much human impact to the seals , resulting in a higher pup mortality !!?? That is what the officials said . The human impact does come from walking along the beach and tidal areas , so the seals become disturbed by us .
I for myself have been there twice , each time for several days , and one has only been allowed to the beach during the weekends , as in the week the area is a bombing range for the RAF and it is closed for visitors .So during you have to stay behind a fence and watch the seals , they come right to you and giving birth to the pups in front of your eyes if you are lucky . But this is not the same as being on the beach with them where all the action is going on and you can get this lovely low POV , as Steve once commented to one of my postings taken behind the fence , the beach images are way better in which i agree .
So i feel a bit sad about the changing conditions at Donna Nook as this is the best location for this kind of shooting with this mass of animals , but fully understand the rules and will accept them with some little tears in my eyes just from the photographic POV .
While watching through the old files i felt i could have done better ...... it would be good to go again , but as i said with very different expectations regarding the opportunities of shooting .
Canon EOS 1D MK IIn
EF 500 IS L
Tripod
F 5,6 ; Iso 200 ; 1/750sec
Processed with Iridient Developer ( DPP is causing a problem on my machine at the moment ) and PS CC 2015
Cropped for comp from RHS /top / bottom
Thanks for looking and commenting to my previous through .
Cheers Andreas