Mammals Harbor Seals

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The Pacific Herring are spawning in my area this has brought out the Harbor Seals in great numbers, and closer to shore than usual.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 2000

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 582.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 1250

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 200

 

[rae1063]

I captured one a couple months ago enjoying its lunch right off the coast....

 

[Landshark99]

I took this one posing on a rock a few months back

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 512.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 500

 

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I came upon this young one this morning. I've never seen one on the beach before. It seemed unconcerned by my presence, so I just hung with it for a few minutes.

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 111.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/125 sec
• ISO 800

Eventually, it wandered off the the water's edge and shot me a glance before disappearing below the surface.

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 1600