james7 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Visited a friend at Tathra yesterday and despite the windy conditions (note the white horses), spotted a group of 8-10 whales breaching about 200-300m offshore. Magnificant! The photos just don't do them justice. Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomahawk1999 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Great pic's Pete, How far away wer'e you and what size len's did you shoot them with? It look's like you wer'e really close? Regard's Rod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 (edited) Hi Rod. It's a 6x zoom and I also zoomed in using Photoshop. I thought the whales were about 300m away but my mate (a local) reckons they were more like 500m offshore. This is one of the original shots taken at full 6x zoom. Cheers Peter Edited October 11, 2007 by peterS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Gotta love whale shots, they have come out pretty good considering how far you were away, great work.. I too like snapping, very rarely am I without my sony 12x optical around my neck, never know what you might see... Cheers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 those humpbacks are an amazing creature, we saw a few off sydney last weekend not a few hundred metres from the heads. when i was in hervey bay at the beginning of sept for apec and beyond, i went whale watching and saw over 30 whales for the day with most of them having a wave and a play only metres from the boat. simply incredible if you ask me. great shots by the way, you seem to have a knack for it and look forward to seeing some more soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Aren't they the most fantastic creatures to watch? We had 2 pods frolicking off Seven Mile Beach last Monday, rolling & breaching, when I was showing Rob & Dave how to catch beach worms! I saw more whales on that one day than I did for the whole of last year! Well done on getting the shots from shore! ROberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pocus Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Great pictures mate !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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