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Hi Rachel, love these guys with their rather arrogant/smug expressions, some very fond memories in a fantastic location.
To me there looks to be some Red coming through, so just pull it back a tad, mainly on the seal. Not sure how blue the sea BKG was, but it would be great to get that real punchy colour. Obviously now with hindsight you didn't need to go to f/10, but hey still a good shot packed with memories for those rainy days as you say. 
How much of a crop?
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Thanks Steve. Not on my calibrated monitor right now so will take a look at the color later. Not much of a crop just some off the lhs to move the sea lion off center. A lot of compression when saving for web though.
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very nice contented look on the sea-lions face and the image is pretty sharp looking. Like the long sweep of the whiskers as well.
Very happy feel to the shot.
Tfs
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I love the expression here and this is chock full of details, nicely processed too.
Would be interesting to see it with Steve's colour tweak suggestions applied...
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Rachel, just try this. Open in RAW file and change the WB to Daylight, see what happens.
Will talk tomorrow.
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Repost is excellent. he looks so content and happy. Are you sure you weren't rubbing his tummy? I like the comp and the neck wrinkles. One of my favorites of yours,
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Excellent image Rachel , Very expressive
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Truly an amazing capture. Love all the details. Steve has a keen eye.
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Love the blissful expression, Rachel, and nicely composed portrait. Long wiskers are a nice touch. Repost looks good. TFS
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Hi Rachel,
Superb IQ and expression. Repost is much better..
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I think the repost rocks. Having not been there, Steve might still have a point on the colour...
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Try it Morkel, you would love it, no Lions though, just turtles, sea lions, birds and reptiles.
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Rachel,
Last post is great. Love the expression.
For me this is a vertically framed image. I would have rotated the camera and been sure not to have clipped a whisker.
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Hi Rachel,just love the expression and the loooong whiskers. Expression nicely captured and excellent detail and IQ. I like final post .
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