Basking on the bay by 0rest4wicked
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Description
Took the family to the Monterey Bay Aquarium last weekend. One of the things I often enjoy are the observation platforms facing the bay that allow for some rich wildlife viewing. Here we have a 300mm telephoto stitch of five images (do zoom). Most of these basking beauties are Harbor Seals, though I'm not sure if the darker one is. There was quite a show when a larger seal showed up and tried laying siege to the Harbor seal perched on the right of the image, next to the Cormorant. Will post a few of those at a later date.
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"Clear water falling"
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Comments (28)
It's nice to see them basking in the sun, doing their thing without being disturbed by aught but their own kind. Great capture(s) and stitching Dana!
beautiful birds Dana
Hey, I think I know those guys! Years ago I visited the Monterey marina where seals would lay around the docks. Back then you could buy bate fish and feed the seals. Most of the seals were half asleep so the seagulls would steal most of the fish before the seals knew what was going on. Nice capture.
Another cool photo.
I could spend whole days watching something like this.
What a great place to visit, I too could spend valued time here
Lucky sods!
Spectacular shot. You can almost smell the saltwater.
Nice shot Dana and surprising the amount of detail in zoom.
Awesome capture.
Excellent capture. There's something going on on the rocks.
A very nice capture of these wonderful creatures.
fantastic shot
Very cool capture Dana Great stitching of the image welcome home
Yes, I see what you mean on the right of the photo. A very clever made one, Dana. And full of life. Wishing you good luck with everything, my friend.
Awesome! : O
Wonderful capture!
Very nicely stitched together Dana! Good luck with the Den.
Very cool seals and shot!!!!
superb place for a bask, great shot
WONDERFUL CAPTURE!
Wonderful capture of these birds and seals sharing the rocks!!! Great job stiching this together!
excellent birds well done render
They all look to be enjoying the sunshine in this superb telephoto stitch and it zooms beautifully. A great sight.
Splendid place! Excellent shot! :)
Superb capture, they seemed to like their picture taken. Maybe one of them is even smiling LOL.
Another wonderful photoshot.....great view.
Spectacular place and photo, hight quality work!