That sort of fringe on the top of the rocky islet? Can you see what I mean? (Move a little closer; enlarge the shot, perhaps.) I am fairly sure those are birds, standing tall in the wind. Or, a good many of them are birds, though some are seals, noses held high.
At first I thought they were all seals, a whole lot of seals providing that visual fringe effect, and in fact the creatures on the rocks closer to the water are seals, dozens of them.
(What do you call a whole lot of seals? A salvage of seals? A savory? A soiree? A sea? A season?)
Now, I'll give you a sequence of shots that illustrate the difficulties of attempting to use the zoom on my amphibious camera -- a camera better suited to close-ups and arm's-length captures -- while balancing in a closed-deck kayak. I love the motion, myself, but the results are a bit up-and-down in quality.
Happy paddling.
