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    We were leaving Neko Island heading for Port Lockroy at the bottom of the world (almost anyway) when a large pod of Humpys decided to play right in front of the ship. We were obviously in the middle of a hugh krill ball perhaps a mile or more wide and the Humpys were going nuts. When we saw this behavior in 2008 in Alaska they engaged in traditional bubble feeding; here they just went down and came back to the surface and swam with jaws wide open gorging on the krill. This went on for about three hours; we were standing on deck in sub-zero temperatures, running from back and forth from port to stbd not want to leave the show. At one point the obvious Aplha Humpy started a pectoral fin splash and did this over 30 times in a row - amazing!

    Hope you enjoy this one; I will also post one with two Humpys alondside each other.

    I was very pleased that I was able to image the tongue, baleen, and the eye; I accepted a less than preferred SS for a bit more DOF since the subject was rather large.

    In the original image the eye is pink like the tongue - lost in translation, I guess.

    Camera: 7D
    Capture date/time: 20 Jan 10; 8:20PM
    Light condition: very overcast
    Lens: 300 f/2.8
    Focal length: 600mm
    Distance: 18 m
    Extender: 1.4
    Tube: none
    Flash/Comp: no;
    ISO: 1600
    Exp Prog: Tv
    Speed: 1/320 sec
    Aperture: f/7.1
    Exp Comp: +1
    Metering: Partial
    WB: Auto
    AF Drive: AI Servo
    Tripod: no
    Filter: None
    Crop: 20%
    Processed in LR 3 (beta) and then CS4 - plus Topaz Suite and Pixel Genius Sharpening.
    All C&Cs gratefully appreciated!
    Cheers, Jay

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    Hi Jay

    Must have been one amazing experience !!

    I like the selected crop going tight on the action, the open mouth anchors the image well and the body crop is at a good point. I like how you up your ISO for making a sharp image. Would not sharpen the bg since the water ends with a frozen look, your shutter speed was just right to produce a pleasing looking splashing !!!

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    What a very special moment to witness Jay, extremely jealous.:D
    The open mouth and eye take this above the ordinary, well done!
    The Antarctic is on our list of places to visit this decade, definitely.
    TFS


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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Molloy View Post
    What a very special moment to witness Jay, extremely jealous.:D
    The open mouth and eye take this above the ordinary, well done!
    The Antarctic is on our list of places to visit this decade, definitely.
    TFS
    Thanks for the kind comments. I urge you to go with Cheeseman; they do everything possible to maximize time ashore and the group of professionals that support the "clients" are the best of the best.
    Cheers, Jay

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    Excellent image Jay , You have grabbed oppurtunity very well
    TFS

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