Close encounter with a predator - Nat Geo

[dangoldman]

<p>Pretty cool "story behind the photo" kind of video from National Geographic on youtube.<br>

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[jason_hall5]

<p>All I can say is WOW. Thanks for posting</p>

<p>Jason</p>

[richard_beisigl]

<p>I have only one word to say about the video, AMAZING!</p>

[William Kahn]

<p>I'll go with WOW...</p>

[ridinhome]

<p>I'm floored. It's because of stuff like that that I fell in love with photography.</p>

[krisheylen]

<p>WOW!</p>

<p>I used to have this cat that brought me mice and some birds, apparently she thought that I needed to be fed. Does that count too? :-)</p>

[dhhensler]

<p>Man, I hope he got the name and number of that leopard seal... cause if she isn't busy she can come feed me whenever she wants! hahahaha</p>

[wogears]

<p>Could it have been--The Seventh Seal?!</p>

[tomwatt]

<p>I hadn't thought about it, but the camera lens-front underwater would be bearing a reflection of whatever was in front of it, so if the seal were attracted first by a glint of light off it, and it reflected its threat display as it approached (which is seems to have done since it treated the camera as if it were a mouth), then the photog is lucky not to have been killed, and blessed that the animal processed the response as it did.<br>

Pretty neat, I'd say.<br>

As far as being fed penguins... have you ever <em>smelled</em> a penguin? Uck.</p>

[dan_south]

<p>That's utterly amazing, but I hope that no one else tries it. This guy might have just gotten very, very lucky. The animal might not be so nurturing the next time a <em>homo sapiens</em> jumps into their feeding ground.</p>

[shaloot]

<p>that's incredible! Lucky nothing happened to him though...</p>

[ernest-b]

<p>One clear lesson from this: If you're going to photograph leopard seals underwater, DON'T disguise yourself as a penguin.</p>