AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
ELEPHANT SEAL AND TUSSACBIRD
I was amused by the juxtaposition of the tiny tussac bird foraging for insects around a huge southern elephant seal, which was trying to sleep. I waited until the pair were nose-to-beak to create this image. To emphasise the texture of the elephant seal's wrinkled skin, I converted it to monochrome.
F/22, 1/100th second, ISO 400
Accepted: Bristol 2017
