I was fortunate enough last weekend during a family trip to the coastal town of Sooke on Vancouver Island to have the opportunity to scout out a local sea lion colony with my uncle Bob on board his fishing boat (I think these are Steller Sea Lions - not California, but correct me if I am wrong, please.).
Pretty impressed at the IQ for ISO4000 in this image and thanks to Steve K for adding a few pointers behind the scenes to help me maximise this post processing (Steve, please chip in further as I didn't get a chance to run this latest version by you).
Camera Techs | Canon 1D Mark IV | 500mm F4 V.II | @F4 | 1/400| ISO4000 | Full Frame | Manual mode |Handheld | Rocking boat | 5:32PM - rough water due to previous days storm.
Processing | RAW in LR4 - general adjustments and reduced reds and magenta present in the fur | PS CS6 - Mid tone and Light tone adjustment, and then a lightness reduction on a separate low opacity layer mask, mostly around the body and rock area | Resized for web - NR - and 2x USM.
Jamie
Stoked that I know have regular access to this colony so hopefully I can get out during breeding season and pup time next year.








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Colorwise I have no idea how they look. So for me good to go. Comp Steve mentioned already. You maybe have the space… use it 


