Breaching Hump Back Whale off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii
Breaching Hump Back Whale off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii
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Contest Finalist in Moments In Time Photo Contest
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Contest Finalist in The Marine Wildlife Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Large Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Isolating The Subject Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Powerful Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Call Of The Wild Photo Contest
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Pamelabole
March 10, 2017
Wow!!! Amazing and well timed capture!!! : ) Congrats on your finalist award!!! : )
sarahrogersphotography
April 10, 2018
This is just incredible, I love sea creatures, gave me goosebumps
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Location
This photograph was taken off the coast of the Hawaiian Island, Oahu.Time
This photograph was during early afternoon.Lighting
Natural lighting, sunny warm day.Equipment
I used a Canon camera with a 70-300 mm lens. The conditions were not the easiest because first of all you had to spot the whale and then hopefully focus on the creature whilst it was jumping. I used a fast shutter speed so that I could get as sharp and 'frozen in time' photograph as possible. I am very pleased with the result.Inspiration
I love going on whale watches and wanted to record one of those magnificent Hump Back Whales breaching from the water.Editing
Yes I did do post-processing. The majority of this was done in Lightroom.In my camera bag
Canon EOS 40D, 70-300 mm telephoto and 24-105mm small telephoto lens.Feedback
Use a high shutter speed to freeze the action. Use auto-focus because you don't have time to manually focus your lens. To ensure reasonable depth-of-field use a small aperture and because you are using a fast shutter speed, you might have to increase your ISO in order to get sufficient light into your sensor for a decent exposure. You might want to try out a few test shots first - just of the general scene in front of you will do. It's too late to 'play' with settings once the creatures become active. You might only get one chance and you don't want to miss it because of not being prepared.