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Just back from a very enjoyable weekend at Donna Nook with my wife Trish, and good friends Sylvia (Teocali), Ina (Gezina) and Graham(Gray-Ina) and this has to be one of my many favourites. The rugged and brutal mating between these pair of Grey Seals. I was trying to capture these great animals doing something this year rather than just laying there. Hopefully I succeeded with this full frame capture. Apologies for deleting the last image but on the sound advice of Brian (Bricurtis) it needed a little more contrast so back to the drawing board and here is the result.
Many thanks for the CC's on the last series upload of the Goldcrest.
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 5D MkIII |
| Lens: | Sigma 800mm F5.6 EX DG HSM + Kenko 1.4x convertor |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 8 Dec 2012 - 9:31 AM |
| Focal Length: | 800mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/5.7 |
| Aperture: | f/8.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/60sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 1600 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| White Balance: | Custom |
| Title: | The Mating Game |
| Username: | 
MossyOak |
| Uploaded: | 9 Dec 2012 - 5:18 PM |
| Tags: | Bull, Cow, Donna nook, Grey seal, Mating, Seals, Wildlife / nature |
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| Votes: | 26 |
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An excellent action capture Richard and well worth the visit mate ! Ps... Give my best to Ina and Gray, not seen em in quite some time.
Mating? Looks like he is saying: hang on I can see a hole in that lh 3rd molar 
excellent shot .. perfect timing and all the rest.
A very special true wildlife capture, Richard. Timed to perfection to illustrate a moment of tender interaction between these two lovely animals. Beautiful detail, skin textures and tones. Love the highlighting of the whiskers. A super weekend in great company and blessed with a whole day of sunshine!
Sylvia
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