January 1996 - Playful Australian Sea-Lion snapped while snorkeling at Carnac Island off North Coogee, Perth, WA
IMAGE INFO
- Very lucky to get this once-in-a-lifetime shot, as this big sea-lion had surprised me by approaching unsighted from the rear..my first view when I sensed a presence & spun around was a wide toothy grin about 1m from my face!! Needless to say my ticker did a few backflips, then I quickly calmed down when I realised the sea-lion was just curious (phew!). After a few seconds of bemused contemplation, the sea-lion rapidly disappeared back into the depths. I managed to quickly raise the camera & snapshot as it brushed past - quite the lasting memory for me!!
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SOURCE INFO
- Original image was captured using a KODAK Disposable (single use) waterproof camera, with KODAK GOLD 400 35mm color film.
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PROCESS INFO
- Digitized using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.
- Scanned image enlarged, noise reduced & sharpness improved using Topaz Gigapixel AI software.
- Accent, colour density & contrast enhanced using Skylum Luminar AI software.
- Final edit using Adobe Photoshop CS (Windows).
- Image size = 3999x2494px [10.0MP]
January 1996 - Playful Australian Sea-Lion snapped while snorkeling at Carnac Island off North Coogee, Perth, WA
IMAGE INFO
- Very lucky to get this once-in-a-lifetime shot, as this big sea-lion had surprised me by approaching unsighted from the rear..my first view when I sensed a presence & spun around was a wide toothy grin about 1m from my face!! Needless to say my ticker did a few backflips, then I quickly calmed down when I realised the sea-lion was just curious (phew!). After a few seconds of bemused contemplation, the sea-lion rapidly disappeared back into the depths. I managed to quickly raise the camera & snapshot as it brushed past - quite the lasting memory for me!!
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SOURCE INFO
- Original image was captured using a KODAK Disposable (single use) waterproof camera, with KODAK GOLD 400 35mm color film.
***************************
PROCESS INFO
- Digitized using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.
- Scanned image enlarged, noise reduced & sharpness improved using Topaz Gigapixel AI software.
- Accent, colour density & contrast enhanced using Skylum Luminar AI software.
- Final edit using Adobe Photoshop CS (Windows).
- Image size = 3999x2494px [10.0MP]