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03-DEC-2006

Seal surfing the waves

This seal was playfully surfing the waves only 20-30 feet from the shore on a beautiful early morning in November.
The seal was waiting for waves to grow in size and would then swim along, taking them all the way until they broke.
It was an amazing sight!

Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II ,Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/250s f/8.0 at 400.0mm iso400 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time06-Dec-2006 09:40:44
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length400 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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GP Merfeld13-May-2010 03:59
What an incredible shot! Don't know how I missed this. Fantastic!
Wendy O09-Dec-2009 15:32
Amazing capture!
Guest 03-Nov-2009 09:08
Well done! Awesome!
Guest 12-Jun-2009 00:07
What an amazing image! Fantastic timing!! Very well done!!
Milan Vogrin08-Mar-2009 08:42
What a great catch!V!
Thierry Lucas26-Oct-2008 17:00
Wonderful.
V
giselle borgwardt16-Mar-2008 00:32
Pure beauty, elegance, joy !
doron nissim15-Mar-2008 06:42
Fantastic !
Buz Kiefer07-Mar-2008 19:56
Magnificent capture Yves. GMV.
Andrew Vincent02-Mar-2008 10:44
Amazing capture Yves, beautiful to see them surf like this! VOTE!
Pixel Shooter01-Mar-2008 19:52
very cool perspective and shot! ~V
Matthew Mannell25-Feb-2008 02:10
Very, very nice.
geonni banner14-Feb-2008 22:49
Beautiful! You know, sometimes people see them obliquly and think they are sharks - chaos ensues as alarmed swimmer does just the sort of thrashing that says "Lunch time!" to a shark...
Birte Person30-Dec-2007 11:43
Great shot,my son who lives here took me on a whirlwind tour, wished I had seen something like this, great timing.
fred_il24-Dec-2007 21:19
Amazing one!!!
VOte!
Kiriakos Korakis29-Oct-2007 06:25
Stuuning shot ! V !
Guest 28-Oct-2007 08:26
Wow! What a fun/cool shot!
olivier bruning22-Sep-2007 03:44
beaytiful shot! V
Guest 27-Mar-2007 16:06
great shot! really great catch! V
Dave Wyman20-Mar-2007 03:11
Just a great photo.
Fabienne06-Jan-2007 19:26
Superbe et étonnante photo.
Guest 28-Dec-2006 19:50
Great and unusual capture. vote.
anuschka19-Dec-2006 02:32
V.
purpod15-Dec-2006 18:23
I can not believe you captured this at Santa Monica! What a score! I usually go to Point Dume to see the critters play. Sweeet shot that musta been a ton of fun witnessing ~ Huge Vote!!
Gordon W15-Dec-2006 15:45
Outstanding capture!
tglass14-Dec-2006 03:01
All Time Champion Body Surfers
Guest 12-Dec-2006 10:42
great capture, well done,v.
coaster11-Dec-2006 17:36
Good shot!
Steven Jusczyk11-Dec-2006 09:23
Excellent catch!
Guest 09-Dec-2006 14:44
Wow...what an amazing image! V
Guest 09-Dec-2006 07:16
nice timing!
caveman_lee09-Dec-2006 01:20
Very nice shot. What a great capture. Voted.
Guest 09-Dec-2006 00:12
Well done, Yves! This is splendid and beautiful ... and much more! ~V~
Peter Stahl08-Dec-2006 23:21
Amazing shot!
Guest 08-Dec-2006 17:08
Amazing - nice shot
flowsnow08-Dec-2006 14:22
Wow....great catch!!! Beautiful.:D
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography08-Dec-2006 13:46
Great catch :)
Michel CORBOZ08-Dec-2006 13:28
Great one !
Gus Rosenfeld08-Dec-2006 08:58
Nicely done! I'm On a 56K modem, so that's probably the only picture I'll see tonight ;-) Time Warner is going to top Adelphia in dysfunction. Great capture with incredible and well thought out light. g