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Tools of the trade for wildlife photography; A tripod and a willing model!!
Tools of the trade for wildlife photography; A tripod and a willing model!!
bobonacus


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Tools of the Trade II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 500mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Donna Nook, Humberside
Date: Nov 29, 2009
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2009

 This seal pup is in the wild, they come up the beach on Donna Nook, Humberside, North East England. You can go onto the beach and mingle with all the seals, they are fairly tolerant so long as you move slowly and calmly. There are thousands of them! As you can see some of the seal pups were a little over friendly!!

I hired a 500mm f/4 prime for the weekend .... awesome bit of kit, I want one!! Just need to find the 6 grand!! Used a Manfrotto 393 bracket on the tripod which made using the 2.5kg lens very easy.

Basic curves and levels is all that was done.

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 79
Avg (all users): 6.2535
Avg (commenters): 8.4615
Avg (participants): 5.9722
Avg (non-participants): 6.3107
Views since voting: 2114
Views during voting: 434
Votes: 213
Comments: 19
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 12/19/2009 02:12:34 PM
Oh wow! I'd love to get so up close and personal to this little one! That must have been an awesome experience! I can't believe Mum wasn't bowling you over!
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 12/15/2009 11:24:09 AM
Fascinating story...a wonderful photo to capture the heart! Well done!
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 12/13/2009 06:07:00 PM
I really enjoy this, excellently framed.
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 12/13/2009 08:44:51 AM
Hadn't seen this before, it is awesome! I can see it in Outdoor Photographer mag. Well done on getting this shot. Find it rather incredible to see 1s and 2s in your voting line up, but this is DPC, so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised. Would have expected a higher score.
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 12/09/2009 02:50:51 PM
One of my favorites from the challenge.
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 12/09/2009 12:23:13 AM
My only 10. This is a masterful shot with the seal innocently raising it's head up to ask about the type of lens the photog is using :) The DOF is perfect.
These moments are not contrived and you have to be on the ball to capture them. Excellent expectation and timing Robert. This kind of photography outstrips contrived still life / studio shots as it cannot be (re)created.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/08/2009 12:15:25 PM
Cute factor 10, I think even the most steely hearted of DPCers will let out an awwwww at this one.
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 12/07/2009 11:59:09 PM
AAAcck!!! I'd pass out from the cute. Just commenting now.

Every time I click on this image I just want to hug the critter. How lucky to have witnessed this. The content of this image surpasses any other "tool" shot, as it tells a story and has an emotion. Love how the pup is looking up. Did I mention I love cute things?????
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 12/07/2009 04:34:12 PM
Here is my personal scoring scale with 2 points each. The idea behind is to justify the score I gave. You have all right not to agree with it. This is just my personal opinion with whatever little photography knowledge I have. Hope it helps.

- Meets the challenge - 2 out of 2
- Lighting/Exposure - 2 out of 2
- Composition - 1 out of 2
- Concept and execution - 1 out of 2
- Over all image, WOW factor - 1 out of 2
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 12/07/2009 01:33:04 PM
Is this the same seal that I thought was so "AWWWW-ful" in the freestudy? Looks like you had a little ham on your hands.
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 12/04/2009 03:02:17 PM
I hope this is the seal that is in the FS I think...great capture
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 12/03/2009 03:35:45 PM
Adorable.
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 12/03/2009 03:32:36 PM
Great shot !
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 12/02/2009 09:39:12 PM
Beautiful!
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 12/02/2009 06:18:45 PM
Very nice. Great emotion. Should make top 5 for sure.
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 12/02/2009 04:28:05 PM
Beautiful shot! I love the composition of this photo (the DOF, the angle, the fact that you cropped the photographers head to make the viewer focus on the tools). Really great photo overall (I voted as soon as voting began and gave you a 9!)
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 12/02/2009 01:08:32 PM
The sweetness of this 'model' made this one my favorite! 10
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 12/02/2009 12:36:12 PM
Cool shot.
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 12/02/2009 12:34:36 PM
Stunning and cute, well caught!
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