Whale watch Maui!
Mar 23, 2019 22:23:34 #
Mar 23, 2019 23:00:38 #
Paul Best. wrote:
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.
I must omit failing to use the zoom has happened to me a number of times under normal conditions and can only imagine what it would be like in your encounter!
Mar 24, 2019 00:11:52 #
kybob
Loc: Versailles, Kentucky
Paul Best. wrote:
Hi Kybob, Once again I was shooting with my Point ... (show quote)
Thanks for the info! If I go in the afternoon my wife will definitely be on the shore, the last time we crossed that channel from Molokai to Lahaina that time of day, it was the longest 45 min of her life, she did not eat for days. I thought it was great, best roller coaster ride I have ever had. People talking about the horizon on your photos it is a miracle that some are not vertical! Yes been watching the temps up there. We did an Alaska cruise last year in May, so still have that gear at the ready; long underwear, fleece hoodie, very warm along with artic rated wind / water proof jacket, gloves and pants. As soon as we come down stick it all in a box and ship it home to lighten our load in the suit cases. Already know where the UPS store is in Pia. With lunch reservations at Mamas Fish House!
Mar 24, 2019 01:51:56 #
ELNikkor wrote:
Awesome! I can even see the observatory above the whale in the last photo, which to me is the best!
Agree 100%
Mar 26, 2019 18:05:56 #
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.
I took my first and only humpback pics while on an Alaskan cruise the week of my 50th birthday (Juneau area, I think). I can't tell you how many I threw away of all sky, all water and crooked hills, but eventually got a bunch of keepers, including a bubble net feeding frenzy. On the way back to the US I took an orca cruise and barely saw a bird much less than anything else and I almost went belly-up in the stormy waters. First trip - worth every dime...second - waste of hard-earned smolians.
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