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Curious young seal in the surf

            Re-visiting an encounter with a young Grey Seal in May last year.  This youngster kept swimming in close, and in the end became comfortable enough to come on to the beach, just a few metres from me.  

Approaches from young seals are not especially uncommon; if you sit still (or lay still), and allow them to control the distance.  What they don't like, is people walking up to them. That will send them rushing off the beach. 

A great way to get close views is to watch them with binoculars.  Find a comfortable spot, at a distance that the seals are ignoring you and settle down and watch the interactions.  There's always lots going on.  Great fun to watch.

Tech info: 300mm f2.8 lens used at 840mm by stacking teleconvertors (canon ef 2x iii on the lens, then Kenko 1.4x DG behind it)

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Taken on: May 24, 2020

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Sets appears in: • Horsey and Winterton

Groups appears in: • Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM • Canon Digital Photographers (Nature & Wildlife) more » • Kenko Teleconverters • Canon Extender 2X III Teleconverter • Horsey Seals, Norfolk « less

Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, 840mm, ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Lens:	EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	840mm
ISO:	3200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.0 (Windows)
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