I need a Bigger Boat!

[dankearl]

Orca Whale in the Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest, US.
Maybe more of a Landscape photo?
Taken from a small boat, the toughest photo session I have ever done!

1/1250, f6.3, iso400, 600mm, (300 f2.8 w/ 2x), D800, HH

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[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Dan - always nice to see something different and I really like the inclusion of the lighthouse in the bg, excellent timing and awareness of your surroundings. Yes, small boats definitely present their own challenges.

TFS,
Rachel

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Dan! Great sighting of this Orca, and the background is a killer:w3!!!Love the colour of the water:S3: Oh I cannot help it, my eyes are drawn to the beautiful landscape and the lighthouse constantly:2eyes2:! I think you should upload this in the landscape section as well, let everyone enjoy it-beautiful, thank you for sharing this!

Kind regards,

[Morkel Erasmus]

I would love to see an Orca in the wild. Shooting from a boat is never easy, especially when shooting at longer focal lengths. I think you did well.
Love the framing with the lighthouse at the back - would have just liked a sliver more space so the "steeple" doesn't touch the top frame?

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Dan, boats are a good thing to shoot from, technically challenging as you have found out, but makes you a better photographer having had the experience, plus you can find you have to shoot in a different manor too. I quite like the lighthouse, but want more above without clipping the pinnacle. Have you tried a pano with just the Orca and the water, just cropping a shore level, could be a different tac?

TFS
Steve

[jack williamson]

Well done from a small boat and HH. I like that I can recognize what the BG is.

Jack

[Anette Mossbacher]

Hi Dan,

very well done from a little boat. That is never easy t do. I as well like the BG very much, but would try a pano as well, just to see. I agree with Gabriela, my eyes are as well always drawn to the BG.
Very nice image :bg3:

Ciao
Anette

[John Ippolito]

Hi Dan, good comp, details and exposure on the orca. The setting works well for me. Nicely done, especially from a boat.