Animals
A Leopard seal one of the apex predators in the Antarctic. Adult females can be 12 feet in length and over 1,300 pounds. They eat penguins, fish, krill, and ...
Cool Leopard
Paradise Bay, Antarctica - 01 Jan 2026 See on Google Maps
We were on zodiacs in Paradise Bay and were seeing plenty of wildlife. From the little boat we would pull up near large ice flows with seals - Waddell Seals and Leopard Seals. This giant Leopard Seal was disturbed when we were close. They are the apex predator in the Arctic and this one was huge. Snapping away from the boat I was lucky when he yawned.
Shooting very fast due to the boat movement meant increasing the ISO to maintain a mid range aperture. You can see that we were pretty close as the lens was only just over 200mm. One of my favourites from the trip.
Cal Holman Posted on 23 Oct 2026
EXIF
Camera
Canon EOS R5m2
Lens
RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
Focus
223 mm
Speed
1/1249 sec
Aperture
f/6.3
ISO
640
Program
Manual control
Exposure
2/3 EV
WB
Auto white balance