Nice shot Bruce. There is so much to shoot in that area if the weather cooperates. The green in the moss says it all about the climate.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on June 10, 2008 at 9:46 AM
This one shot outshines everything I got while on Orcas Island. A beautiful environmental shot Bruce. Glad you got out for some quality shooting while in the northwest.
I beg to differ Wayne! I LIKE my shot, but your orchid photo from Orcas Island is wonderful and nothing to be ashamed of! I would love to have it as one of mine.
Bruce really a beautiful shot. I really have been wanting to go out to the PNW. What all did you get to go and see? Look forward to some others from the trip.
Gale probably the coolest thing I saw was the inside of my brother-in-laws nuclear submarine. No pictures though, part of the deal to get the tour. Otherwise we hit Olympic National park for a couple of days and did some whale watching. I gained a lot of respect for the photographers who can stand on a bobbing, rocking ship deck and anticipate where a whale is going to pop up. You get about 2 seconds to find them, aim, focus and shoot. Consequently all my photos are of whales going back under. I think a lot of the best shots are from guys like the naturalist on our boat. He does this every day, so he gets to learn their habits, plus he has a Canon lens with IS that's the size of a piece of clay sewer pipe.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on June 11, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Bruce, I'll have to post one of my lame shots of Orca whales from our trip. I can definitely appreciate how difficult it is to get those shots on the open ocean. The boat was really rocking in the waves off Victoria, BC the day we found them. Unfortunately they didn't cooperate (photographically) with any breaching or other displays they are famous for but it was great to add them to our life list!
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on June 11, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Here's a shot of an Orca whale taken when the pod unexpectedly came up right by the boat after a deep dive. Cropped about 50%. I lost a lens cap when a wave caused me to bang against the ship but at least I didn't go for a swim!
Not bad, you had calmer seas than we did, Here's what will probably be my best.
Wayne how big was the boat you were in? Perhaps it was just the luck of the draw but I was noticeing the whales had no problems surfacing next to the 20'-40' boats out there but they stayed away from the 80'+ boat my wife and I were on. Or perhaps the smaller boat captains were willing to push a little closer.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on June 12, 2008 at 3:05 PM
We were on what I would estimate was a 32' boat. We had to run for 2 hours to get to Victoria to see them. The seas were about like what's in your shot. I'm not quite sure why they look so calm in this particular shot.
There were some larger boats in the area (along with ones smaller than ours) and the captain's were very careful not to intrude on the 100 yard buffer. I didn't notice the whales shying away from the larger boats. But we got lucky when the whales surfaced right next to the boat momentarily.
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Wayne how big was the boat you were in? Perhaps it was just the luck of the draw but I was noticeing the whales had no problems surfacing next to the 20'-40' boats out there but they stayed away from the 80'+ boat my wife and I were on. Or perhaps the smaller boat captains were willing to push a little closer.
There were some larger boats in the area (along with ones smaller than ours) and the captain's were very careful not to intrude on the 100 yard buffer. I didn't notice the whales shying away from the larger boats. But we got lucky when the whales surfaced right next to the boat momentarily.