Friday, July 31, 2009

Territorial

Nikon F2, 300mm f4.5, Fuji Superia 400

The sea lions once ruled the Coast Guard Pier in Monterey. The breakwater at the pier has been taken over in recent years by nesting Brandt's Cormorants.

This seal lion, like the rest of them, was only looking for a place to sleep in the sun, but this cormorant wasn't about to let him settle down. It's nest was nearby.

--Warren

3 Comments:

Blogger Eric said...

Nice shot, Warren. I like the composition. 2 different animals facing eachother a kind of an odd angle.

Friday, July 31, 2009 at 4:04:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Lea said...

oh that's so amazing! i've never seen a cormorant up close before. and the animals are so expressive! that bird Very Obviously has a problem with the sea lion. and the sea lion very obviously doesn't care at all!! Nice shot, it lends itself to imagination very easily :)

Friday, July 31, 2009 at 4:17:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Steve Rosenbach said...

Terrific composition, Warren - I really like the two opposing curves of the sea lion and cormorant.

Friday, July 31, 2009 at 5:11:00 PM PDT  

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