Puppies of the Sea

• Prize
  Gold in Nature/Underwater
• Photographer
  Troy Mayne, Australia
• Studio
  Oceanic Imagery

Australian Sealions (Neophoca cinerea) are Endemic to Southern Australian Waters and the rarest pinipeds on earth. Like most seals and sealions they are extremely playful and very photogenic. This series are of the same group that inhabit the waters around Greenhead in Western Australia. They love to play and love attention and seem self aware as they always check their reflection out in the dome port of my underwater camera system.