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Elephant Seals, Seascapes, Shore, and more at Piedras Blancas and San Simeon, CA
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Jan 12, 2024 12:46:28   #
Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona
 
Beautiful set. The ocean is one of the few things I miss from California

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Jan 13, 2024 06:10:59   #
yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey
 

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Jan 13, 2024 06:51:13   #
oldpsych Loc: Indianapolis
 
lamiaceae wrote:
Elephant Seals, Seascapes, Shore, and more at Piedras Blancas and San Simeon, CA on January 4, 2024. My wife Char and I shot sharing two cameras. A Pentax K-3 (24MP) with smc-Pentax-FA 100-300mm Lens and a Pentax K-5 (16MP) with a Tamron (K-FA) 18-200mm Lens. Here are 10 of the best 46 I processed of 305 exposures we made that day. They are of Female Elephant Seals, their pups, a few resting males, Gulls, and a few other unidentifiable birds as silhouettes. We did not see any male Elephant Seals fighting, but many females were arguing over nesting locations. Since we were trading equipment back and forth, I don't really know who shot what so I attribute the images to both of us. View full sized and feel free to comment or ask questions. Enjoy.
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Very nice set.

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Jan 13, 2024 08:04:18   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
lamiaceae wrote:
Elephant Seals, Seascapes, Shore, and more at Piedras Blancas and San Simeon, CA on January 4, 2024. My wife Char and I shot sharing two cameras. A Pentax K-3 (24MP) with smc-Pentax-FA 100-300mm Lens and a Pentax K-5 (16MP) with a Tamron (K-FA) 18-200mm Lens. Here are 10 of the best 46 I processed of 305 exposures we made that day. They are of Female Elephant Seals, their pups, a few resting males, Gulls, and a few other unidentifiable birds as silhouettes. We did not see any male Elephant Seals fighting, but many females were arguing over nesting locations. Since we were trading equipment back and forth, I don't really know who shot what so I attribute the images to both of us. View full sized and feel free to comment or ask questions. Enjoy.
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Beautiful work Mike. I enjoyed each one!

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Jan 13, 2024 08:19:41   #
go2hale Loc: North of , Abilene, TEXAS
 
Very nice.

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Jan 13, 2024 18:33:05   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
UTMike wrote:
Excellent set, Mike!


Thank you.

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Jan 13, 2024 18:33:48   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
Wingpilot wrote:
Nicely done. Interesting shots of the seals. Your seascapes are very nice, and I really like #8. Thanks for sharing.


Thanks for stopping in.

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Jan 13, 2024 18:34:26   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
rdemarco52 wrote:
Beautiful set.


Thank you for the comment.

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Jan 13, 2024 18:36:21   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
Curmudgeon wrote:
Beautiful set. The ocean is one of the few things I miss from California


Glad you like my Beach / Shore photography. Before moving I used to photograph the Mojave and Colorado Deserts of CA a lot.

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Jan 13, 2024 18:36:46   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
yssirk123 wrote:


Thank you!

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Jan 13, 2024 18:37:49   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
oldpsych wrote:
Very nice set.


Thank you for viewing and your comment.

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Jan 13, 2024 18:50:13   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
Bill_de wrote:
Beautiful work Mike. I enjoyed each one!

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Wow, thank you Bill. That is really high praise because I am not totally happy with some of my images. I posted only ten, perhaps some different ones from the 46 finals. I think the main issue for me was what I had envisioned and expected to what I ended up with. That was partly the animals, no fighting males. Only a couple of the big males were active at all. And the WB was jumping all over the place from shot to shot between the two cameras. My wife's images had the same issue. Might be the lenses, the two long ones used, 18-200mm and 100-300mm are two of my cheapest lenses. I needed those for their reach. I have a 150-500mm but it is nearly impossible for me to hold and use. Perhaps I should think about getting a good 400mm prime. I get much better results with my shorter lenses, Prime and Zoom. I probably should not rant after praise.

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Jan 13, 2024 19:04:40   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
Very nice set from top to bottom!

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Jan 13, 2024 19:36:00   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
Bill_de wrote:
Very nice set from top to bottom!

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Thanks!

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Jan 13, 2024 21:45:39   #
Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY
 
lamiaceae wrote:
Elephant Seals, Seascapes, Shore, and more at Piedras Blancas and San Simeon, CA on January 4, 2024. My wife Char and I shot sharing two cameras. A Pentax K-3 (24MP) with smc-Pentax-FA 100-300mm Lens and a Pentax K-5 (16MP) with a Tamron (K-FA) 18-200mm Lens. Here are 10 of the best 46 I processed of 305 exposures we made that day. They are of Female Elephant Seals, their pups, a few resting males, Gulls, and a few other unidentifiable birds as silhouettes. We did not see any male Elephant Seals fighting, but many females were arguing over nesting locations. Since we were trading equipment back and forth, I don't really know who shot what so I attribute the images to both of us. View full sized and feel free to comment or ask questions. Enjoy.
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Love them all, Charmaine & Michael!

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