Grey Seal splash

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks the almost last Seal for this year :bg3: ..... well i do not know for sure as still one day to go
Image captured again on Helgoland in 2015
Subadult seal causing trouble to another friend just out of the frame .
Wish the algae was not there but ....... no seal was on duty to clean up the beach area i was shooting :wave:

Canon EOS 1D MK IV
EF 200-400 IS L at 400 mm
HH lying flat in the mud :c3: and algae

F 8 ; Iso 500 ; 1/1250 sec ; AV mode ; + 0,75 EV

Processed with DPP 4 and PS CC , cropped for comp from all sides slightly

Thanks for looking and commenting to my previous posting

Cheers Andreas

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Andreas, I agree with you about the algae but the image is quite a stunner regardless. The side lighting really made the water action shine, and enough of the seal's face is lit to make it work on the subject too.

[Mark Needham]

Love the water movement here. As Daniel said, great light made the water "pop" and there is also good light on the face. I might be tempted to lighten or remove some of the dark rocks in the immediate foreground, but that is a really minor thing. Lying in the mud ... good for the skin :bg3: Happy New Year, Andreas! :cheers:

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Andreas - Another great low pov and the water splashing really makes this image. Colors and tones look good. I might be tempted to crop out the sand at the bottom, it somehow makes the algae/seaweed less distracting.

Happy New Year and TFS,
Rachel

[Andre Pretorius]

Hi Andreas

Happy New Year!
Agree with Rachel re crop- the algae or seaweed or distraction is less obvious...

Maybe he was the Seal on Duty, was late, saw the photographer...rushing to clean up?:2eyes2: :5

[Gabriela Plesea]

Well, another superb image and this "seals" it for this year, Andreas...It was a great 2015 for BPN Wildlife, what a number of stunners and we have all learnt something from each other. Thank you for your contribution, my friend !

This is superb, not easy to pull of I suppose with all that water splash, and I really don't mind the algae. Lovely framing and well presented, great techs as well as PP work. Mmm, I have ran out of superlatives...
So good to know you Andreas, and glad you have become our Boetie. Looking forward to September 2016:cheers:

Warmest regards,

[keith mitchell]

Andreas have seen a lot of Seal pictures this one is the tops for me, all that splashing water yet you have still managed to get that lovely doleful eye,excellent.

Happy New Year.
Keith.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Andreas, the kelp is a bit unfortunate, but that's life. Good POV and I like the slight angle and the contrast of light, it adds to the image. I would have liked a higher SS, even on the MKIV, but was it the reach you needed, apposed to using the 1DX, as the capture could have been better I feel with the 1DX?

TFS
Steve

[haseeb badar]

Hi Andreas -- stunning image , i loved this one regardless of the algae , very well done . TFS !

[Jonathan Ashton]

Andreas great shot I like everything, I disagree with you regarding the seaweed, it looks natural and it looks real. I remember once someone saying, "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is".

[D. Robert Franz]

Some nice action and lighting here. Well done!

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks so much folks for all your comments/ suggestions , as always much appreciated .
Yes i could have going tighter to avoid the FG a tiny bit , but i think it is only a marginal issue so the framing will stay as is .

Thanks again and cheers Andreas