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Mother and Baby, A Winning Combination for Over 100 Years
Mother and Baby, A Winning Combination for Over 100 Years
jbirkman


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 100 Years Old II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Location: San Simeon, CA
Date: Jan 15, 2011
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Animals, Maternity
Date Uploaded: Jan 18, 2011

 Elephant seals have been coming to California central coast beaches for hundreds of years to mate and birth. This shot is from a series of shots of a baby elephant seal climbing on the mother. The affection they showed was wonderful to witness.

Rented a Canon 100-400mm L for this. I like it.

Develop RAW in LightRoom. exposure, crop, color temp, clarity, vibrance, sat, lower contrast, resize.

Photoshop, USM, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 130 out of 141
Avg (all users): 4.1397
Avg (commenters): 2.6667
Avg (participants): 3.7937
Avg (non-participants): 4.3276
Views since voting: 1576
Views during voting: 297
Votes: 179
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 01/25/2011 01:20:18 PM
Lovely wildlife shot. However, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this as suiting the topic, since seals generally live up to 30 years. Kudos for a creative try, however.
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Sony SLT-A57
Sony DT 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 SAM
01/22/2011 06:59:00 AM
This is a complete shoehorn for me, and does not meet the challenge in my opinion.
Nikon D700
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM for Nikon
 01/19/2011 08:28:38 AM
Cute scene. I don't imagine this will seal the deal with the voters, but it's a very cute scene. Not voting, just blubbering.
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Fujifilm X100T
Pentax DA 70mm f/2.4 Limited
 01/19/2011 12:33:38 AM
Nice enough shot, but rather a big shoehorn.
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