During one of the highest tides of the year, water surged into a grouping of female elephant seals at a rookery in central California.  Their were a lot of new pups around too, so the seals were startled...Shot with a  Nikon D700 (can't wait for D800E already ordered) at f4, 1/400 sec, ISO 800, with a 300mm f2.8 lens
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