Jellies & Seals

Cape Town, SA: On Thursday I went to sea with Steve Benjamin (http://www.animalocean.co.za) and Charles Maxwell (http://www.underwatervideo.co.za) to try and get some shots of a Southern Right whale. Charles is probably the only person around to have a whale filming permit. Unfortunately the whales were not playing the game and failed to put in an appearance, but I ended up jumping in at Seal Island and had a ball playing with the seals. It was a great game to see how close I could get before they knew I was there. A few were sleeping floating on the surface and got a fright when the strobes fired. Their reactions were comical. I would say that life as a seal is pretty idyllic if only it were not for the GWs... I also got some nice shots of a red jellyfish which are far less common than there white cousins around here.

More at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtresfon/sets...57622735550895/ for those that are interested...

Regards

Jean.

Cool Jean. I never get decent viz like that when I'm at Seal island. But I'm never there this time of the year. LOL

beautiful jelly, and love the expression on the last seal there

Very nice shots, what was the water temp? Looks cold...

Cool shots. I really like the jelly.

Very nice shots, what was the water temp? Looks cold...

Temp was a balmy 12.5 deg C.... warm enough to forego the drysuit and use a 5mm wettie!