Humpback Whales in the wild

flyingdutchieflyingdutchie Registered Users Posts: 1,286 Major grins
edited June 5, 2006 in Wildlife
Hi everyone

Here are some pics I shot sunday before memorial day. We went out whale watching, leaving from Boston, near the aquarium.

The tour was almost 90 minutes longer than scheduled (totally 4 and a half hour instead of 3) because the boat had a hard time finding the whales. But when it did, we saw lots of them.

I took my D200 and the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR lens, all shots were hand-held. It was a little tricky to get some good shots, 'cause the boat was full of people and the waves rocked the boat (VR came in handy). Here are three pics from the whale-watching gallery:

Rising line of Seagulls
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Tail Trail
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Water and Air
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(you know that humpbacks need about 1,000,000 calories a day....? now, that's a lot of cheesecake! :D)

Comments are welcome :)
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  • CindaCinda Registered Users Posts: 133 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2006
    WOW -- don't see many of those in Texas! :D Looks like a beautiful day and you did a nice job. Love the gulls in the shots, too - sure gives a sense of scale!
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  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2006
    Cinda wrote:
    WOW -- don't see many of those in Texas! :D Looks like a beautiful day and you did a nice job. Love the gulls in the shots, too - sure gives a sense of scale!

    not in UK either. Not even in the North Sea!
    Lovely scenes, and how nice that they can meet people and live to tell the tale. Wonderful shots!
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  • raianraian Registered Users Posts: 260 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2006
    Awesome shots. I've never seen a whale in the wild. I have heard them (at night) but never seen them. You did great handholding the lens, on a rocking boat nonetheless. These look very sharp.
  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2006
    Incredible shots. I would almost think a tripod would do more harm than good on a boat (unless it was gyroscopically stabilized or something...).
    Chris
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2006
    Terrific shots. clap.gif Having shot from a boat I know how difficult it is.
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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2006
    Excellent Job, one of my favorite passtimes is whale watching....
    Ed

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  • dallasdallas Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2006
    That looks like a fun afternoon. I especially like the last, good detail, and able to see right into his/her mouth. Excellent post.
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