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


Transient Orcas by DragonSpeed, on Flickr


Transient Orcas by DragonSpeed, on Flickr


Transient Orcas by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

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

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/sets/72157627452101252/
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Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
« Reply #2 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!
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Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
« Reply #3 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!
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Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2011, 10:57:44 PM »
Quote from: 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!
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 :(
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Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2011, 11:12:29 AM »
Quote from: 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.
Yeah, I imagine!

Where was the tour?  What was the length/cost?  Sounds interesting.
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Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2011, 09:25:00 AM »
It was out of Ukee.  $250.  6am to 2pm-ish.  40+ Kms offshore.

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Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2011, 09:35:06 AM »
Quote from: Damien on September 22, 2011, 09:25:00 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
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Re: Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands
« Reply #9 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.
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