A seal playfully tries to bite the camera, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. A group of friendly seals get up close and personal with the camera. The pod of brown fur seals, also known as “cape fur seals”, were shot in Plettenberg Bay in South Africa by dive tour operator Rainer Schimpf. The playful creatures prove they are not camera shy in the slightest as they they swim upside down, grin widely and attempt to bite the camera lens. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





Seals use their long whiskers for hunting and feeling, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





A seal playfully tries to bite the camera, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





The seals will swim around divers for periods of several minutes at a time, even at a depth of 60m, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





The young seals are too young to go hunt, they hang around waiting for the older seals to come back with food, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





Seals use their long whiskers for hunting and feeling, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





The seals use their whiskers and teeth to feel the divers, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





The seals use their whiskers and teeth to feel the divers, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





The seals are inquisitive and friendly around divers, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





A seal tries to playfully bite the camera, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





The young seals are too young to go hunt, they hang around waiting for the older seals to come back with food, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





When at sea, the seals travel in small feeding groups, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





Rainer Schimpf said the one struggle is visibility and search “You need to focus on what image you have in mind taking and press shutter at the right moment”, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





The seals use their whiskers and teeth to feel the divers, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)





A seal tries to playfully bite the camera, taken on February 2016 in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media)