HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!! - a photo on Flickriver

This is an image taken on my first shoot with the new D850 at Piedras Blancas Seal Rookery. I lost my processing software when I upgraded to the new P.S., so this is right out the camera with a few tweaks from Camera Raw. The sky is the result of the 300,000 acre fire in Ventura. Nature creates beauty out of destruction.

Most people in the world have never seen an Elephant Seal in the wild. The Piedras Blancas Rookery, on Highway 1 seven miles north of Hearst Castle on the California Coast, is home to about 17,000 animals.)

The dramatic winter season of the seals has begun. The huge males (5,000 lbs.) have arrived on the beaches at Piedras Blancas, at the end of their long journey from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska where they have foraged to bulk up for over three months of fasting during the birthing and breeding season. After posturing and fighting to establish their territories, they have settled in (unless larger guys unseat them).

The pregnant females are arriving, and the birthing has begun. The season begins slowly at the end of December, and by February as many as 4,000 pups may have been born. Now the beaches are filling up with pregnant females and mothers with pups. (Source: Friends of the Elephant Seal: www.fes@elephantseal.org)

Please do not copy this image without my explicit written permission.
© All rights reserved: john c. bruckman @ innereye photography

Taken in: United States / California / San Simeon (show map)

Taken on: December 12, 2017

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Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/5.6, 1/320 sec, 200mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	200mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC (Macintosh)
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