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    Hi folks have not posted a Seal image for a while ....
    Here you go .... image was taken t 2016 on Helgoland . This bull was resting , after he had a battle with another bull , on the beach of Helgoland . Image was taken in the fading warm afternoon winter light ...
    During the winter is the mating season ....and many bulls are involved in these battles , but most of the times they do not fight seriously as this would cost a lot of energy . So only if the bulls think ...the other guy is really causing trouble then they do fight hard .

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    F 7,1 ; Iso 16000 ; 1/800 sec ; man exp and Auto Iso

    Processed with DPP and PSCC 2018 ; cropped for comp . Many times i am unsure how to crop these guys when they are lying down , meaning where to have more space ? At the bottom or at the top of the frame ?

    Thanks for looking and commenting to my previous posting .

    Cheers Andreas

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    Nice view of this seal. I always enjoy your seal images. The blood on the fur tells a little story of what happened. Details look great especially for that high ISO. Like how the seal is looking into the frame.

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    I like how even though this is an image of a static subject, it conveys a story of past action. For me the framing is good as he is looking forward and to our left.

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    Beautifully processed, regards composition, less at the base more at the top for me.
    f7.1 seems to have put dof a little in no man's land for me, I would have preferred either less, for the head, or just a bit more to include front limbs.

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    Hi Andreas - Nice one at such a high ISO but I do see more noise than your usual high ISO images. Not sure if this is even higher than usual or different pp. For me and comp, I agree with Jon and probably would have gone for a bit more above here. With more space below it gives an illusion of shooting down even though you were lying flat.

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    Awesome story telling image - i def think space at the bottom is the better choice for this image

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    Thanks folks for your kind comments , much appreciated .
    Regarding the crop ...well i cannot make all happy really , including myself !!! So for the moment it stays ...as posted .

    Rachel ... it is the 1Dx and i do not push it that far normally , you might have the 1DxII files in mind . And i do have lowered the NR layer slightly

    Thanks again , Andreas

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