Wide - Open

Hi

A very cool shot - must have been quite the experience to have had

Thanks for the view


All the best
Matthew

Neat shot. I like the background cliff, the roiling water, and the look of the open mouth. I suspect that the overall dark tone is pretty accurate for the area and conditions but I'd still like to see a touch more light on the background.

Srcan wrote:Neat shot.  I like the background cliff, the roiling water, and the look of the open mouth.  I suspect that the overall dark tone is pretty accurate  for the area and conditions but I'd still like to see a touch more light on the background.

I was just thinking exactly the same thing Bill, just a touch more light for web viewing might be preferable?  I am loving your Whale series taken in this setting with the added interest of the backgrounds you got there,

Hello

Great to get your feedback on the scene and image.
Yes was a Dark Experience but well worth capturing! High ISO and faster shutter make fore a
Challenge!
I'll consider a lighter version on another Whale encounter soon!

I feel the Whale captures do not get as much audience interests from the other images shown? I thoroughly enjoyed this Adventure trip with so many exciting Whale encounters to see and enjoy. The closeness to these big guys was an amazing experience to witness, Their distinctive odours when they blow their stack to their immense size while breaching and surfacing, and gentleness towards us is an experience that requires to "Be There" to fully appreciate everything.

Cheers

Bill
www.BillBickle.com

Hi Bill,
I think one of the reasons images of whales don't get a lot of views is that people like to see more of the animal. Rare to get any kind of eye contact from them. I agree with your comments about "being there" The sounds and smells that take place during an outing greatly add to the experience for me but can only be described. Viewers who've had the same experiences know the feelings, others will have to use their imaginations. Having never been around whales and looking at your photo, I can try to imagine seeing the whale getting more visible as it rises from the depths and the sound of the water rushing through and over the gaping mouth. I've read descriptions of the smells involved with an exhaling whale so I'll just imagine that too. Regardless, your photo made me pause, look over the entire scene, and think about what it must've been like to be there.

Steve

hello Steve

Thanks, for your feedback. Let me explain ...One AMAZING encounter, apparently it happens once in awhile, The Captain & Admiral Jenn, have seen this but only once in twenty five + - years, So I feel very fortunate ....We were on shore up river for about 6 hours in the very heavy rains, as we trudged up the rivers shoreline and crossed the smaller rivers at times , we noticed the rising current. We were in search of those elusive "Spirit Bears" , but rivers were way too high and had sent the Returning spawning salmon down stream to the ocean. Anyway after many hours we decided the rivers were still ok to cross over but we neded to move soon, So we trudged back to the shoreline and were eventually picked up and safe on board the mothership.( 71 foot Sailboat) By this time I was quit wet, tired, and dejected to be skunked. But the best was yet to happen. As we started to move while on board the mothership we could see a Humpback quite close and we went closer to it. Then we drifted with the tide as the Whale was still close and getting closer. I was in the Wheelhouse and could see on Sonar the whale swim under the boat and reappear on the other side, Way too close to photograph with our longer lens. This whale floated and stayed with us for about 1 hour. It at several times came up beside the boat head first and gently touched the boat as it raised itself high enough and close enough to reach out and touch it!!!OMG!!! The barnacles and sea lice were everywhere on it's face.
At times it would surface about 10 feet away and spray us while he Blew his stack, the odour was strong and we were so excited to witness this.
I was fortunate to capture much of this on my GoPro !!

Cheers

Bill

Striking shot