Maui!

[Ken & Peggy]

Only 3 days left - here's a couple pics from the last few days. I wonder how much it would cost to ship the teardrop down here...

A mother whale, a baby breaching, and a tail on the horizon:

Unicornfish:

Surfer:

Windsurfer:

 

[Ladymc]

Gorgeous! We loved seeing the whales in Alaska - just tailes and some blowing, but no breaching - we didn't get that lucky! Great photo's!

 

[Ron Hutchison]

Ken,

Those are some great photos. The whales shot was great timing to get that much action in one shot. What lens were you using on that one?

Hutch

 

[Ken & Peggy]

Thanks guys! This is usually a good time to see whales here. We've done a whale boat tour before, but have never seen them any closer than when we are sitting at the condo pool. Hutch, these whales were with a 300mm on a Nikon D300, so about a 450mm in 35mm terms. And, they were heavily cropped. I'd like to get close enough for a really good shot.

 

[Oysterpot]

Those shots were beautiful Ken. I love the whales.

 

[Ron Hutchison]

Ken,

Thanks for the lens info. Really a great shot with such a long lens and most likely hand held since the action is totally impromptu.

Enjoy your remaining time in Maui.

Hutch

 

[Ken & Peggy]

George, the whales are really something to see. Today, we were sitting at a beach and about 6 or 7 whales came along and started to breach, one after the other. They were so close you could hear them slamming into the water! Very cool. Of course, no camera.

 

[Ken & Peggy]

Hutch, they were handheld. I thought about bringing the tripod, but figured it would not really help much because of the impromptu nature of these shots. I had the shutter speed cranked up pretty high, though. I've got a lot of work to do on my technique, but that's all part of the fun of it.