Only a face a mother could love. This “adorable” full grown male elephant seal, was basking in the sun, laying on its back, fast asleep, snoring deep zzzzzzzzz. These suckers can grow up to 20 ft and come in close to 9,000 pounds. You can see the bloodied gnash marks all along the side of its head, which are from the fights with other males, fighting over territory and female seals. Every time it let out air, its proboscis, the bulbous nose with a sack-like appendage, would flutter back and forth. It was like one of those Disney or Warner Bros. cartoons from back in the day, when the cartoon character would be sleeping on their backs and their lips or nose would flutter and expand in an overly exaggerated way. Only on males, this proboscis and the more folds it has, allows for it to amplify snorts, grunts and loud, drum-like bellows that can be heard miles away. When you are standing 15-20 feet away and a male starts grunting, you feel it rattling your soul. St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Camera |
Canon EOS-1D X Mark II |
Lens |
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM |
Focal Length |
200.0 mm (200.0 mm in 35mm) |
Aperture |
f/16 |
Exposure Time |
0.01s (1/100) |
ISO |
250 |
Copyright |
www.matthewjphotos.com |
Date Taken |
2017-11-09 10:47:09 |
Author |
Matthew Poletto |
Country |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
Rating |
5 |
Country Code |
GS |
Date Modified |
2018-08-25 19:05:04 |
Flash |
Off, Did not fire |
Metering |
Multi-segment |
Exposure Program |
Manual |
Exposure Mode |
Manual |
White Balance |
Auto |
Color Space |
Uncalibrated |
Latitude |
-54.43610 |
Longitude |
-36.18801 |
Altitude Reference |
Above Sea Level |
Altitude |
0.4 m Above Sea Level |
Scene Capture Type |
Standard |
Circle Of Confusion |
0.030 mm |
Field Of View |
10.3 deg |
Hyperfocal Distance |
83.21 m |
Normalized Light Value |
13.3 |
Software |
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.3 (Macintosh) |
Serial Number |
172016000095 |
Lens Serial Number |
000040e0bb |
Name |
2017-11-09_Day6_StAndrewsBay-623_REV.jpg |
Size |
5472 x 3648 |