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Apr 07, 2019 at 01:46 PM

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Incredible images Hobbes. Good to hear from you

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Apr 07, 2019 at 01:51 PM

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Fantastic shooting and what an experience that must have been. When a breach is the ho-him image so to speak you know you got something quite special.
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Apr 07, 2019 at 01:56 PM

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National Geographic just came to FM ! These are really cool photos, but I'm sure the experience will be remembered for a lifetime. Thanks for sharing .

Apr 07, 2019 at 02:16 PM

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Very neat set! Thanks for posting those enjoyable images.

Apr 07, 2019 at 05:06 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Swimming with humpback whales

Top o' the heap Hobbes, and stuff we seldom see here ~ Ron

Apr 07, 2019 at 08:49 PM

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Wow, truly amazing images; l love them! What an amazing experience to be able to swim with humpbacks. YG my vote!

Joshua

Apr 07, 2019 at 08:58 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Swimming with humpback whales

Awesome !! shots

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Apr 07, 2019 at 09:00 PM

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Wow , wonderful shots. Must be quite an experience.

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Apr 07, 2019 at 09:01 PM

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very nice indeed Hobbes

Apr 08, 2019 at 03:50 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Swimming with humpback whales

Outstanding images, most of us will never experience such an adventure.

Apr 08, 2019 at 05:00 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Swimming with humpback whales

Wow!!!
What an experience... love some of those images where the head and eye are visible and clean.

Apr 08, 2019 at 05:21 AM

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Wow, these images gave me the shivers (in a good way)! What an experience - thanks for sharing!
Keith W.

Apr 08, 2019 at 02:16 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Swimming with humpback whales

Magnificent. Wonderful images of close encounters with a vibrant alien civilization and culture with whom we share our planet.

Apr 08, 2019 at 04:28 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Swimming with humpback whales

Amazing set of images! Looks like you take considerable risk of being hit by a lot of fin or flipper. The results are spectacular. These are a big shift from your usual big cat images.

Dave

Apr 08, 2019 at 05:32 PM

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morris wrote:
Incredible images Hobbes. Good to hear from you

Morris

Thanks Morris.
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eyelaser wrote:
Fantastic shooting and what an experience that must have been. When a breach is the ho-him image so to speak you know you got something quite special.
Eric

Thanks Eric. The top-side shots were not easy either. Between the waves, the water spray, and not dropping the camera overboard, it's a bit surprising that I got any shots at all! and without falling over the sides of the inflatable with the camera (came close twice)

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Bsmooth wrote:
National Geographic just came to FM ! These are really cool photos, but I'm sure the experience will be remembered for a lifetime. Thanks for sharing .

Thanks!
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KCollett wrote:
Very neat set! Thanks for posting those enjoyable images.

Thanks.
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surfnron wrote:
Top o' the heap Hobbes, and stuff we seldom see here ~ Ron

Thanks Ron. Thought it might be a little something different to share.
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AGeoJO wrote:
Wow, truly amazing images; l love them! What an amazing experience to be able to swim with humpbacks. YG my vote!

Joshua

Thanks Joshua. The best way i can describe being in the water and having one of them do a close swim by is it's like getting religion.

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pinball wrote:
Awesome !! shots

Bill

Thanks Bill.
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birdied wrote:
Wow , wonderful shots. Must be quite an experience.

Birdie

Thanks Birdie.
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kmunroe wrote:
very nice indeed Hobbes

Thanks.
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stanparker wrote:
Outstanding images, most of us will never experience such an adventure.

Thanks Stan.
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OwlsEyes wrote:
Wow!!!
What an experience... love some of those images where the head and eye are visible and clean.

Thanks. The whales were a LOT closer than they appear from the images. The first few days I was trying to decide whether to use the 10-17 fisheye or the 17-40. During the whole week I never took the 10-17 off the camera, and most of the shots were at the short end.

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kwilliam8 wrote:
Wow, these images gave me the shivers (in a good way)! What an experience - thanks for sharing!
Keith W.

Thanks Keith.

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jeetsukumaran wrote:
Magnificent. Wonderful images of close encounters with a vibrant alien civilization and culture with whom we share our planet.

Thanks. When they swim by you see their eye blinking and following you. It really makes you wonder what they are thinking.

Apr 08, 2019 at 08:28 PM

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dclark wrote:
Amazing set of images! Looks like you take considerable risk of being hit by a lot of fin or flipper. The results are spectacular. These are a big shift from your usual big cat images.

Dave

Thanks Dave! And don't worry... I'm not done with the big cats...

and never will be

I have a lot of material from Botswana from this past November that I'm still sorting through.

The first couple of days the close proximity was a bit of a concern. 10mm is REALLY wide... even for a whale! As you said, that's a lot of fin, tail, and body mass there. Accidents can always happen but the whales really know where their bodies are and seemingly try to avoid collisions. Some of the baby whales were so incredibly curious, that they would swim by rolling in the water as they went, literally within only a couple of feet a few times. It was a little scary, thrilling, and magnificent all at the same time.

Cheers,
Hobbes

Apr 08, 2019 at 08:37 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Swimming with humpback whales

Fascinating series and experience

Chris S.

Apr 08, 2019 at 11:12 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Swimming with humpback whales

Voted!
Amazing!

Apr 08, 2019 at 11:27 PM

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csinseattle wrote:
Fascinating series and experience

Chris S.

Thanks Chris!
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Pius Sullivan wrote:
Voted!
Amazing!

Thanks Pius!

Cheers,
Hobbes

Apr 12, 2019 at 08:54 PM

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