Barking

[Jackie Schuknecht]

A protected beach for the elephant seals who have come to molt. ( Four miles north of the Hearst Castle on Highway 1) Lots of barking and posturing going on mingled with sprays of sand from their flippers to cover and cool them. They are not too pretty right now.
40D
100-400 @ 400
HH
1/320s
f8
ISO 400
About a 25 percent crop
Might have oversharpened in the last step (For Web)
AV Mode Evaluative can't remember the compensation but the histogram is OK.
Comments Appreciated!

[Gus Cobos]

I like the composition Lady Jackie...these are gentle creatures...why all of the scratch marks?:cool:

[Jackie Schuknecht]

They are molting Gus. I think they are trying to rub off their old skin. Don't think it was fighting.

[Alfred Forns]

Jackie I find the different coat colors appealing and the one with open mouth showing all that red sure spikes up the image !!! Might even crop the top below the flipper to focus on the open mouth !!! Excellent !!

[Dave Mills]

Hi Jackie...I like the image alot. I agree with Alfred on the cropping. Before I read the comments I tried the crop myself and liked it. I think the image would be stronger with the crop...

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Tried the crop suggestion. Thanks Al, Dave, and Richard. I agree with the crop making it stronger too.

[Richard Waas]

Love the cropped image. Very nice Jackie...........

[David Thomasson]

Excellent composition, Jackie. I prefer the original crop with the flipper showing; that conveys (to me) that these guys are lolling around in all sorts of postures.

[William Malacarne]

Jackie

Like the photo lots....prefer the uncropped version as it shows they have room but chose to be close casue they wanted to be. The scars could be from fighting...when they come to shore the males usually come first and they will fight for superiority.

Bill