Certainly a 'marmite' shot, but with minimal light and certainly very little colour, it pushed the PP in one direction with an almost hi key look. The reflection below the bow wave is really spooky and odd, but that's the reflection. I also kept minimal content within the bow wave, not wishing to clash with the face, but with hindsight more DoF required, may be f/11, however at ISO5000 I'm not sure where I might have ended up?
As Andreas knows, limited time to both spot and shot, so you take what you can get from a moving zodiac.
Thanks to those who viewed or posted a comment on the previous thread.
Steve
Subject: Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) face only, in water
Location: Svalbard
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 500f/4 MKII with 1.4 HH
Exposure: 1/2500s at f/5.6 ISO5000
Original format: Landscape, slight crop on sides, more top & bottom for crop format
Processed via: LRCC (2015) & PSCC 2015