Harbor Seals Phoca Vitulina by Wolfgang Wander

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Fall 2005	Wolfgang Wander

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
1/320s f/16.0 at 500mm x1.4 x2.0 iso800, tripod, manual focus, remote release full exif

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Guest		12-Dec-2005 01:24
Thanks. My educated guess is that the larger seal was a male and the two smaller ones females.

Wolfgang Wander		11-Dec-2005 01:44
I have no clue what or why they are. Totally ignorant, sorry! The black one was a lot heavier and larger than the others and was always the first to stay on the rock. The others got swept away by every other large wave. 1000mm? The exif data is not quiet correct here. That was stacked 1.4x2.0x500 = 1400 or 2240mm in 35mm format. Manual focus, stepped down (from the wide open F11 to F14), IS on (for the wind) and a remote release. More than 50% of the shots came out useful (from a technical standpoint).

Guest		11-Dec-2005 01:26
Great pose, looks like they are warming themselves in the sun. Is this two pups with mom, or two females with a male, or none of the above! How did you manage 1000mm?

Graham Tomlin		10-Dec-2005 23:42
good picture regards Helen

Peter Stahl		10-Dec-2005 23:29
Nice capture. Cute looking guys.

Herb		10-Dec-2005 19:35
Nice image

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