Moby Dick (well sort of!)

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   admin_tony posted a comment on 8 October 2015 at 10:35 am

   Very nice shot!

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   jolyon posted a comment on 8 October 2015 at 11:17 am

   I love the colour and composition of this and the processing is perfect. Dynamic liquid abstract and the spray from the blowhole is the icing on the cake. Ace.

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   toddvic posted a comment on 8 October 2015 at 4:35 pm

   

   Great shot!

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   dmurray posted a comment on 8 October 2015 at 5:12 pm

   Thanks everyone.

   Jolyon, apart from a little sharpening, this is straight from the camera …. never had much processing to do.

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     jolyon posted a comment on 8 October 2015 at 11:33 pm

     Thats why its perfect 🙂 …is there no extra tint or saturation on the blue?

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       dmurray posted a comment on 11 October 2015 at 1:59 pm

       Hi Jolyon

       I have just compared the two pictures, and there is a tiny amount of saturation done and just a little sharpening …. i have posted the video that i took of this same animal in the video section, of this site you can see how blue the water is (my videography skills are a bit ropey, it ain’t my strong point),

       Douglas
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   gerryatrickgolf posted a comment on 8 October 2015 at 7:43 pm

   Lovely shot Douglas, wish I was where you were when you took that.

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     dmurray posted a comment on 8 October 2015 at 9:09 pm

     Thanks Gerry,

     There is a permanent colony of pilot whales, off the coast of Tenerife, we went watching on a catamaran, The “Chap” who was on board filming the trip, in order to sell DVD’s at the end, even passed me and asked “what is that, a Kalashnikov ?”, as i “burst away at the whales with the G6 …. i do of course have 247 other pictures of various ripples, empty water, and boring “fin” pictures …. but a few good keepers.

     Douglas

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   andy90 posted a comment on 8 October 2015 at 10:06 pm

   Nice One, all soft curves and calm with an dynamic eruption of activity.

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   timdove posted a comment on 8 October 2015 at 10:21 pm

   Very nice shot. You’ve caught it really well.

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   janp posted a comment on 9 October 2015 at 10:39 am

   What a great experience and shot, lucky thing!

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   skytrain posted a comment on 9 October 2015 at 11:01 am

   Lovely shot, the blue of the sea is so inviting it makes you just want to jump in there.

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    mark-.dinnage posted a comment on 9 October 2015 at 11:55 am

    Well done on getting this Super Shot – Having attempted a couple of years back to Shoot Humpbacks in Alaska i know how hard it is -For me so hard i pretty much deleted them all – I was shooting at pretty much 300 mm .and all i got was bits of Fin and Ripples.

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      dmurray posted a comment on 11 October 2015 at 2:00 pm

      That’s too bad, that experience is on my bucket list as well …. along with many others

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    don posted a comment on 9 October 2015 at 3:24 pm

    What a wonderful shot, Douglas! Beautifully clean in its capture, and lovely deep blues.

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    luismex posted a comment on 9 October 2015 at 11:06 pm

    A very well framed shot. Great work Douglas!

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