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Subject: [Leica] Sea Lions and Fur Seals
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 02:30:53 +0100
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Congratulations once more Jayanand, these series are fantastic again!

Cheers
Lluis


> El 23 des 2018, a les 18:05, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> va escriure:
> 
> A start to the photographs of our recent trip to the Galapagos with the
> Galapagos Sea Lion and closely related Galapagos Fur Seal. The beauty of
> animals there is you really can get in very close, so generally it is a
> case of our avoiding the animals instead of the other way round, as is the
> case in most other nature areas. This also means that we can carry shorter
> and lighter lenses while hiking, greatly easing the burden!
> 
> We start with the Galapagos Sea Lion. Firstly, two photographs of a new
> born Galapagos Sea Lion pup with its mother. Our experienced
> Naturalist/Guide, Walter Perez, estimated that it was, at most, an hour
> old. In fact the placenta/umbilical cord was lying close by:
> 
> New Born:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-2975C.jpg.html
> 
> First Feed:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-2975C.jpg.html
> 
> A shaft of light hits a Sea Lion:
> 
> Spotlight:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5667.jpg.html
> 
> Three shots of two youngsters playing:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-3722.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-3738.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-3816.jpg.html
> 
> Almost a sculpture!
> 
> Repose:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-6010.jpg.html
> 
> Two shots of Galapagos Sea Lion resting and sleeping, one adult and one 
> pup:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-6010.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-2781.jpg.html
> 
> Finally two portraits of pups getting rather convoluted - just shows how
> flexible their backs are!
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5990.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-6351.jpg.html
> 
> Now on to the Galapagos Fur Seal. Firstly, two close ups of one swimming:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5737.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5749.jpg.html
> 
> Finally five studies of a Galapagos Fur Seal, who like a top model furled
> and unfurled itself into all sorts of interesting poses!
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5776.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5777.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5757.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5784.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5803.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, most welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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