Common Seal

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/6.3
1/2000
ISO 1250

Hi guys, never been posting on here for a while. I captured this Common Seal in my hometown. I should really spend some more time with these beautiful creatures as they are only 10 minutes walk from my house. Processed with PS 2019. Thanks for looking.

Will

[John Mack]

Great view of this seal. Love that pose and the rock perch. Great background as well.

[greg cowle]

Nice pose, nice perch, nice details on the seal.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Will, sorry but this one doesn't look as good as previous to me. There is a certain lack of definition in the seal, almost slightly misty?????

[Steve Kaluski]

Will, check you workflow for 'Saving for Web' as the file doesn't have the correct sRGB embedded profile.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Will,

You must have been in a hurry with this one Techs look good and I absolutely love the pose and eye contact, it's just that the colours don't look quite right and I notice some blue and magenta casts to the seal. Maybe have another look at WB too?

Looking forward to an RP, really cute fellow and "perch" is fantastic. Glad to have you back and posting, Will

Kind regards,

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments guys, I'll have another look at all that has been said..

Will

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Will ... a very lovely Seal image .
Pose , perch and overall color looking good for me . Maybe a tad too much blue creeping in into the seal.
Have you worked on the BG somehow ...? As i think the edge along the seal is quite soft ....masking ? And there is a part of the seal missing ( top of the head on LHS as viewed ) ....? Maybe i am wrong .
No profile embedded ....

TFS Andreas

[William Dickson]

Thanks for that Andreas...I had a lot of posterisation on the BG, and I think I was too aggressive with the NR in Camera Raw in an attempt to remove it.

Will