I agree with all that Marc has said - lovely work here Andreas. And another great result at high ISO. The relatively shallow DOF works for me too. Very happy if this one was mine.
Top notch Andreas, lovely results with the clean image and details. Looks like I'll have to consider Neat Image, I have been using Topaz but the results don't look any where near as good as yours.
Hi Andreas - One of your best seal shots for me. It does look like its smirking. Nice detail and low pov. Does it need a slight cw rotation? Well done.
Thanks so much folks for your kind comments , much appreciated .
Jon ... Neat Image is just one part of the process to achieve this result ........it starts with the raw file and then some little fine tuning in PS and not using NIK software . Well that was more a joke with NIK
Hi Andreas, the raised flipper and trailing sand is a killer. POV spot on, but feel the choice in NI is a bit strong. Could look cool in a B/W conversion. In an ideal world having the head slightly toward the right with both eyes visible would for me have nailed the capture.