There she blows

[Myer Bornstein]

Today, a sunny but cool day on the water (40's) went out whale watching. It was a fabulous day, only 30 people aboard and the whales and birds were great. 7 fin-back whales, over 12 humpback whales, including 2 which hung around the boat looking at us and wetting us with "blow" and 75 white-sided Atlantic porpoises among others

Nikon D300s 18-105mm lens
18-105mm @ 105mm
157mm (in 35mm film)
1/1250 sec, f/8
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off

[Harshad Barve]

excellent image , I am loving water splashes
TFS

[Cindy Cone]

I like the composition and the contrast with the waves and water splashes. Nice work.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Myer I would say it was a great day !!! I like the angle and overall look, whales are not easy to compose, like it all !!

[Tom Graham]

You pretty much nailed exposure, spray and water. Would like to see bit more frame, more at top. But I should talk, these type of shots and underwater stuff is so difficult I don't even try :)
Tom

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. I like the composition. The water spray looks good. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Myer Bornstein]

Thanks everyone for your comments. Whale watching and photography is great fun . I have been photographing the whales in the Stellwagon area for over 20 years and every trip is different. More pictures are located at http://www.flickr.com/photos/photobee1/sets/72157622936781298/. I still have more to add. Hope you enjoy and let me know :)

[Robert Amoruso]

I like how you composed this Myer. The whale has room to swim into, the blowing increases the interest and dynamics of the image and the water color looks great.

[Myer Bornstein]

Robert
Notice i did it manuel set the exposure from the sky like you taught me, it worked well :)

[Robert Amoruso]

Robert
Notice i did it manuel set the exposure from the sky like you taught me, it worked well :)

Nope I did not notice that Myer. That's great - it worked perfect here.