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Mar 23, 2019 09:25:51   #
fbeaston Loc: Vermont
 
Excellent shots ... of some amazing creatures.

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Mar 23, 2019 09:49:47   #
ELNikkor
 
Awesome! I can even see the observatory above the whale in the last photo, which to me is the best!

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Mar 23, 2019 10:00:57   #
crafterwantabe Loc: Mn
 
What a fantastic group of pictures.

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Mar 23, 2019 10:22:19   #
MT native Loc: Big Sky Country — Montana
 
Very nice series. I liked your last one a bunch.

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Mar 23, 2019 10:35:40   #
alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ
 
Looks like in the Maui Channel

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Mar 23, 2019 10:45:57   #
phv Loc: Goleta, California
 
Just fantastic!

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Mar 23, 2019 11:17:48   #
vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country
 
Very nice shots Paul. You certainly never know when they'll breach like this.

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Mar 23, 2019 11:40:01   #
Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Very good series, Paul.

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Mar 23, 2019 12:35:36   #
plessner Loc: North Dakota
 
oh wow--lucky you
great job

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Mar 23, 2019 13:27:29   #
Paul Best. Loc: California desert
 
kybob wrote:
Amazing shots! I will be there in a week and cannot wait. Have several questions; what where you shoting with? (Full frame or crop, lens), what whale watch company? And what time of day? We will be staying up in Wailea and were looking at a sunrise tour from Pacific Whale Foundation leaving out of Ma’alaea harbor. Heard morning is better for smoother sailing ( less waves).

Wife is not too happy with that choice it will be the second morning in a row being up before sunrise, day before we have reservations for the sunrise on Haleakalā.
Amazing shots! I will be there in a week and canno... (show quote)


Hi Kybob, Once again I was shooting with my Point and shoot Nikon B-700. My wife and I have used Captain Steve's Whale watch cruises for several years now. He's located in Lahaina. He uses the hard bottom inflatable boats. The wind usually picks up in the afternoons here but we were told that the whales actually like the wind, so we go on the 2:30 pm cruise. It lasts for two hours and that is plenty of time for a lot of action. He leaves out of the Mala Ramp on the ocean side of the Cannery Mall. The tours out of Ma'alaea are farther south but the rubber boats cover a lot of ground really fast. When you go to Mount Haleakala be sure to take warm coats. It gets cold up there and they had a lot of snow this winter.

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Mar 23, 2019 13:45:03   #
Paul Best. Loc: California desert
 
Hi Cameraf4, You're right, I should have straightened my horizons. It didn't even enter my mind because the boat is rolling and rocking so much you sort of get into the mindset that everything is sort of at an angle anyway.

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Mar 23, 2019 15:22:39   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
Paul Best. wrote:
Here are some Humpback whale photos taken during a Whale Watch trip yesterday. As some of you must know taking photos of whales from a rocking boat and when the subjects appear and disappear rapidly, is really challenging. The weather was beautiful and the last photo even shows the Observatory at the summit of Mount Haleakala in the background.


Great shots and very exciting to see!

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Mar 23, 2019 16:24:34   #
sfbertie55
 
Awesome! I like the 2nd and last pics most. Re equipment, I imagine having a long zoom, image stabilization and rapid fire sequential image capture important features to improve yield for memorable pics. How zoomed were you?

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Mar 23, 2019 16:34:24   #
Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia
 
Great set, Paul!

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Mar 23, 2019 16:51:49   #
Paul Best. Loc: California desert
 
I was so busy trying to get on any particular whale that I never any thought about my zoom. I had just set up on the area where they were active and then just shoot away when they came to the surface. You don't have the time to see-focus-and then shoot. It's all kind of wild. Most of the people were using cell phones. One gentleman had a big Canon but he was having issues with the weight in the rocking boat and focusing himself.

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