Humpbacked whale off Ecuador
While keenly watching for whales from a small boat, a couple timidly took a peek at us humans, from a distance, wondering what we were up to. Their intention wa...
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While keenly watching for whales from a small boat, a couple timidly took a peek at us humans, from a distance, wondering what we were up to. Their intention was clearly not to rock the boat. After a while, this humpbacked whale, all 40 tonnes of him, suddenly leaped out of the water and, despite my feeling seasick after looking through my zoom lens for an hour or so as the boat heaved with the waves, I was awe inspired by this colossus of nature that dropped back into the ocean in a matter of seconds. The feeling was ... exhilerating!
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Humbacked whale frolicking off the bow, Puerto López, Ecuador. Its majestic, imposing 40 tonnes surged out of the water and vanished in seconds. Nature at its most gobsmacking impressive.
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Location
I took this photo in Puerto López, Ecuador. After an hour or so sailing out to sea on a launch specifically for the purpose, there I was on the top deck with my Canon 5D Mk II and a 100-400 mm Canon zoom, the white model. Keeping watch all the time for any movement underwater gradually made me turned a brighter shade of green. But I thought to myself, all for art, so I managed to keep pointing my zoom out to sea. After more than an hour, a whale swam under our launch and that was a thrill in itself. Shortly after, a whale lurched up to the surface, took a quick look at us humans as if asking itself what these humans were up to now. And then it happened. This 40 tonne humpbacked whale emerged from the sea and jumped into the air just for a few seconds. The feeling was exhilarating. By then it had crossed my mind that whales are curious about our antics but no way do they want to rock the boat, in the literal sense. In fact, no way do they want to do us any harm, despite all the harm we still do to them. That was part of this exhilarating feeling that made it all so worth while.Time
This was around 13:00.Lighting
Natural lighting. It was a cloudy day but plenty of light.Equipment
No tripod as I was on the top deck of a launch at sea for about an hour and a half. I used my Canon 5D Mk. II and a Canon 100-400 mm zoom, the professional white lens.Inspiration
I deliberately set out to take a shot like this, basically because I love Nature. In fact, photography helps me to keep in touch with her and that makes me feel balanced and happy. And photography helps me to observe what is going on, where, how and why.Editing
I use the simplest and least number of adjustments on Photoshop. I might tweak the contrast, vibrance and/or saturation, and that's about all...In my camera bag
As a back up, I have a Canon 40D and a couple of lenses.Feedback
Patience, anti-seasickness pills, more patience and a full-frame camera.
