Both priorities were accomplished
Below are some photos we got from the balcony (The Lanai- pronounced La-nigh') of our condo on the third floor. Fred estimated that these whales were in the deeper water probably about three to five football fields away! I will say that the way they looked thorough our amazing binoculars were what I would have loved to have captured on film. However, that would have necessitated an even better lens than I have and getting a better tripod which finally broke last year. That expense would have eaten up the trip budget. Therefore we opted to go and get the best pictures we could, but the main thing was to sit there and over and over be stunned at the power, strength, and grace of these largest of mammals! Even without binoculars we watched them in amazement.
The fact that each of us caught a full breach at two different times is miraculous.A couple told us they had been coming there for the past eleven years, going out n the whale spotting tours and only last year caught a full breach n film. There's just no way to judge when these large animals are going to burst up through the ocean from the depths like this. Enough blathering then...
This is the underside of one of the whales that breached...Fred took these shots
SPLASHDOWN!
These next shots were taken by me, perhaps a little bit closer in. Look at the boat and the people on it to gain perspective on the mammoth size of these Humpbacks... Remember to click on each photo below to see the entire shot. The program with my blog needs to be replaced...
There was a sizable pod just hanging around this whale excursion boat for a very long time, so I just shot repeatedly and finally...
