It was a whale of a day!

Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
edited April 6, 2011 in Wildlife
We're on family vacation on Maui, and having a really great time! We went on a snorkel tour on Saturday, and had the most amazing encounter with a pod of humpback whales. I've been whale watching here before, as well as in Acadia and Tofino, B.C., and have never had this kind of close up experience with whales. I've only processed this one shot so far. Who would ever expect to be so close that the fluke would more than fill the frame!

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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2011
    really cool
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  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2011
    Ann, great photo, but where were you in relation to this whale? In the water closeby? Yikes! Best, Pam
  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    Thanks Dave and Pam - we were safely tucked on the upper deck of a very large catamaran! Great view from there. Tonight, waiting for sunset, we had this view instead! rolleyes1.gif

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  • WillCADWillCAD Registered Users Posts: 722 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    Awesome.
    What I said when I saw the Grand Canyon for the first time: "The wide ain't wide enough and the zoom don't zoom enough!"
  • WossaWossa Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    Wow, this must of been an awesome experience.....fantastic photo's.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    Fantatsic capture Ann. I got some whale captures while in Alaska and they are not easy captures.
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    Very neat capture.
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  • ashruggedashrugged Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2011
    That's great
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2011
    Wow!
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  • Bend The LightBend The Light Registered Users Posts: 1,887 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2011
    Excellent. The first is just brilliant, and the fact that it more than fills the frame makes it for me...shows SIZE.

    The second is good for "placing" the subject.

    Thanks for sharing. :)
  • time2smiletime2smile Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2011
    WoW says it all, both are really HOT.
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2011
    Thanks everyone! It was a very special experience, and I am sure that I behaved like a little kid in a candy store!

    We are now back home in snowy Edmonton, wishing we still were watching the whales. I'm hoping that there are more worthy shots now that I can look at them on the big screen.

    ann

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