a whale of a time

[Todd Levine]

I took this picture on a whale watching boat off of Gloucester, MA last year. We had a very cooperative whale, breached 5 times. All comments welcome.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:08:31 16:29:45
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 4
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 320
Focal length: 145mm

[DanWalters]

Great action! Like the spray of the water.

[Hilary Hann]

Wonderful capture, well done.

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent image , lovely pose and water sprays
TFS

[Marc Mol]

Great leap well captured Todd. good exposure with the resulting spray enhancing nicely. It's not easy to capture these guys doing aerials, so well done.
TFS

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely action. Was it induced to breach or do they breach on their own. Would love to watch it someday. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Todd Levine]

They breach on their own and you never know when it is going to happen.

[Ken Watkins]

Beautiful, I have to confess that in 2009, I never visited Hermanus, 60 miles away one of the best on shore Whale Watching places in the world! Am I mad, no these type of shots are very rarely available!

[Morkel Erasmus]

this is a super shot Todd! great timing and details. If I had to be nit-picking I would say I wish the horizon didn't "cut through" the whale but I won't ;)

[Todd Frost]

Framed and exposed beautifully. TFS
Todd