I spent a week (+) on a boat photographing whales, sea lions, seals, otters and birds. I shot big whales from the deck of a sail boat and smaller stuff from a zodiac. My wife and I brought a lot of kit, but found that the 24-120, 70-200 and 300mm pf were used more than our bigger/longer lenses. Whale photography is super challenging because the animals disappear and reappear in unexpected locations. After a while, you get better an predicting where they will surface, but these predictions will be wrong more often than right... my point? Shoot wide and plan to crop. High pixel density cameras and fast frame rates will be your friend. Also, if you get a chance, stay low on your boat to avoid a top-down view of your subject.... Whale/dolphin photography is loads of fun but be prepared to spend some serious time behind the computer doing edits and trashing misfires.
cheers,
bruce
Dec 24, 2017 at 08:31 PM
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