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British Columbia Sport & Outdoor Lounge => Outdoor Photography => Topic started by: DragonSpeed on August 17, 2011, 09:09:48 PM

Title: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
Post by: DragonSpeed on August 17, 2011, 09:09:48 PM
Was whale watching out of Bellingham last Sunday:

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6071/6054536057_2f12098b76_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6054536057/)
Transient Orcas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6054536057/) by DragonSpeed (http://www.flickr.com/people/dragonspeed/), on Flickr

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6055083798_58635d3397_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6055083798/)
Transient Orcas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6055083798/) by DragonSpeed (http://www.flickr.com/people/dragonspeed/), on Flickr

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6055081118_162a4f3fd9_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6055081118/)
Transient Orcas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6055081118/) by DragonSpeed (http://www.flickr.com/people/dragonspeed/), on Flickr

The whole set (with birds, some landscapes and planes )can be seen at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/sets/72157627452101252/
Title: Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
Post by: DavidD on August 18, 2011, 07:21:12 AM
Nice set DS - any pics I get when whale watching are generally mostly water with the tip of the tail showing or just ripples (they were there - honest!).

Hopefully I am nice enough this year so that Santa would 'present' me with a better (faster) camera in December.

 :)
Title: Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
Post by: DragonSpeed on August 18, 2011, 07:56:07 AM
LOL - I took 1400 pictures to come up with about 80 that didn't suck.  ::)

These things are tough!
Title: Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
Post by: therise on September 16, 2011, 09:27:40 PM
I must have taken hundreds of whale pictures over the years, but a great image like these are difficult to capture.  Great snaps!
Title: Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
Post by: DragonSpeed on September 16, 2011, 10:57:44 PM
I must have taken hundreds of whale pictures over the years, but a great image like these are difficult to capture.  Great snaps!
Thanks for the positive words, but I'm not thrilled with them.   I wish I could go out EVERY day and spend HOURS following and shooting.  I KNOW I can do better.... just was limited by the time :(
Title: Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
Post by: Damien on September 21, 2011, 11:11:11 AM
Yeah, hard buggers to catch/do justice to.

I was out on a Pelagic bird watching tour over the weekend.  Trying to get a decent shot of a sheerwater or an albatross with a point and shoot camera in 10 foot waves, not easy.
Title: Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
Post by: DragonSpeed on September 21, 2011, 11:12:29 AM
Yeah, hard buggers to catch/do justice to.

I was out on a Pelagic bird watching tour over the weekend.  Trying to get a decent shot of a sheerwater or an albatross with a point and shoot camera in 10 foot waves, not easy.
Yeah, I imagine!

Where was the tour?  What was the length/cost?  Sounds interesting.
Title: Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
Post by: Damien on September 22, 2011, 09:25:00 AM
It was out of Ukee.  $250.  6am to 2pm-ish.  40+ Kms offshore.

Title: Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
Post by: DragonSpeed on September 22, 2011, 09:35:06 AM
It was out of Ukee.  $250.  6am to 2pm-ish.  40+ Kms offshore.
And you didn't get to FISH while you were out?  :o
Title: Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
Post by: Damien on September 22, 2011, 12:17:56 PM
I think my fiance would have thrown me over board if I casted a line out.

There were krill and bait fish balls that seemed to be a kilometer wide/long out there.

I could only imagine dropping down a buzz bomb or casting out a streamer and hooking into a monsterTuna or God knows what else.