age doesn't help

[greg cowle]

These guys don't get any prettier as they age... Hooker's sea lion amongst the grass tussocks on Enderby Island (NZ). You can't see them in the long grass tussocks until you almost step on them.
170mm, 1/1250, f7.1, ISO800.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

That's one seasoned and haggard-looking sea lion :-) I like the gaping mouth, the wounds and the eye contact. DOF looks good but colours look a bit too saturated or do they have the yellowsh hue in the mouth and fur? TFS.

[greg cowle]

Thanks Sanjeev, he really had that orange muck in his mouth. Probably some infection from the fight he had obviously been in recently...

[Jonathan Ashton]

I l ike it! The old guy looks pretty much beaten up, I hope it was worth it! I can't make any suggestions only a slight possibility of dodging the interior of the mouth.
I like the tight frame I think it works well.

[Basil Dardagan]

Cheez this image tells such a story ! I could stare for ages

[John Mack]

Looks pretty mad and old. Maybe that just comes with age. Details look nice.