the joy of swimming

Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 10 February 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

I hate this photo for a lot of reasons, and love it for only one reason. This seal was swimming in fast circles around a rock. I wanted to try to capture it in motion, but I realized that without flash, it was completely blurred, so I was forced to use flash, creating the terrible reflection off the glass that you see. And then I didn't get the shot I wanted.

However, and this photo is also part of Illuci's prompt. I love the expression I captured on the seal's face. The closed eyes show how much it loves the feel of the swimming.

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Photo taken at the Toba Aquarium in Japan on December 23, 2007.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. - Shawshank Redemption

We walk through our lives so focused on our daily tasks and griefs. It's important to realize that there is always hope, because without fail, there will always be a touch of color - in a hazy shade of winter.

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