Grey Seal pup at sunrise

[Krijn Trimbos]

This was taken at Donna Nook last year november. I went with Wildimages on a photographic workshop for Grey Seals. We were lucky to find a lot of pups close to the surf as they normally stay close to the dunes untill they change their furr. I found one pup who's mom wasn't there at the moment, which gave me some opps to get this wideangle shot against a nice sky. They are actually this yellow when sunlight hits them so it isn't a color cast. I know the eye contact isn't optimal (though it was still looking at me) and the horizon might be a bit distracting 'cutting' through the head, but I liked this anyway.

Please tell me what you think......

Canon EOS 30D 1/200 f8 Manual
ISO 400
Canon EFS 19-35 f3.5-4.5
Focal Length 19mm
Speedlite 580 -1 2/3
RAW

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great angle and composition. It looks a tad oversharpened on my monitor.

[Vincent Grafhorst]

I like it too Krijn, a good photo and very pleasing to look at.

[Kaushik Balakumar]

liked this image a lot. though the seal looks alright, the sand does look a bit oversharpened.

rgds,
Kaushik

[Mike Tracy]

The sharpness of the sand detracts from the soft feel of the seal. Other than that every thing works in this photo.

[Steve Maxson]

Very interesting viewpoint. Makes the pup look like it's on a vast featureless landscape. I'm not sure what to think about the sand here. To me, the sand looks like sand looks.

[Chris Dodds]

Darn near perfect - Sweet capture!