Seal Pup Portrait

[Andreas Liedmann]

Photographed this grey seal pup on the beaches of Donna Nook in England.Sometimes quite difficult to isolate a pup from others to get a smooth BG,i think i managed to get one.It looks quite warm,but was really cold lying or crawling on the wet sand for hours.
Thanks for watching.
Canon MK IV
ef 5,6 800 mm
Tripod
F 8 / 1/800sec / ISO 800
Processed in RPP + PS cropped for pano

C&C most welcome Cheers Andreas

[Davidwilliams]

One of the better shots I have seen from Donna Nook, good pov would have preferred it if half the face wasnt in shade, but thats the way the cookie crumbles

[Morkel Erasmus]

Good low POV here Andreas, and a high cute factor too!
I like the overall IQ...but detect a hint of cyan in the shaded parts? Maybe my tired eyes? :e3
It also looks like some of the white fur on the left could be borderline "hot"?

[PhilCook]

Low shot is excellent to get acquainted with this little fella, agree with above comments, but all that aside it's a great shot and worth the suffering to get it

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Nice play of light here . The whites do seem a touch 'hot ' ! Did you try to go a bit left and get him in full frontal light ???

[Rachel Hollander]

Andreas - big cuteness factor here and great low pov. I also agree with the above comments.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Andreas, certainly has 'cute factor' written all over this.

My only comment would be a slight CW rotation. The seal is level, but the FG runs up hence my suggestion. This time it's an optical IMHO. :S3:

TFS
Steve

[Russell Johnson]

Cute image, as Steve mentions.

Personally I would warm up the shadows slightly.