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BSoUP's Theme Portfolio Competition 2006
Second - Jane Morgan
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1st
Alex Mustard
2nd Jane Morgan
3rd Anthony Holley
4th Pedro Vieyra
5th Annette Price
6th Martha Tressler |
Sealed
with a kiss by Jane Morgan
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Sealed
with a kiss
by
Jane Morgan
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2005
was the first year that I have had the immense pleasure of
diving with seals and I must say that it's possibly the most
fun I've had underwater. In July I had a week in Lundy and
in September a week in the Farnes, and both trips allowed
close up encounters with these wonderful creatures.
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of the photos were taken on my Nikon D70 and Sea and Sea housing
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1.
Towards the end of a dive in the Farnes I headed up onto the
top of reef on the lookout for seals, and was rewarded with
a group of 4 or 5 playing on the reef top in just a couple of
meters of water. Due to the shallow depth no flash was required
and all these pictures were taken on Shutter Priority. The whole
of the top row (1-3) were taken on this occasion.
ISO 200 Shutter Priority, 1/125th, f6.3. Natural Light, |
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2.
ISO 200 Shutter Priority, 1/125th, f7.1, Natural Light. |
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3.
ISO 200 Shutter Priority, 1/80th, f10. Natural Light. |
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We spent a lovely lunch hour in Lundy snorkelling with the seals
- they were very keen on fin tugging and great fun to play with
at the surface. Although there is no eye contact in this picture
I cant help but smile when I look at it.
ISO 200, Manual, 1/125, F11 Natural light |
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5.
I was at around 20m in the Farnes taking photos of the reef
when this cheeky chap swam up behind me. I turned around really
slowly and managed to snap him once, as he immediately disappeared
with the speed of a polaris missile. I loved the expression
on his face.
ISO 500, Manual, 1/125th, F11, Twin YS90 strobes |
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6.
As fin tugging is the favourite pastime of seal pups, I had
to include at least one in the portfolio of my fins being
attacked.
ISO 200, Manual, 1/125, F11 Natural light
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