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 by sheepie on Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:18 pm
Had the pleasure of going Whale Watching out of Port Stephens at the weekend. This was harder than I thought it would be - very harsh lighting, a swell of something like 5mtrs throwing us around, and only moments to react to the whales' movements. That said, we had a ball, and I've at least managed to capture something of these huge mammals for myself   D200 + 80-200 f2.8 @ 80mm with 1.4x teleconverter - 1/400th @ f5 ISO400  D200 + 80-200 f2.8 @ 80mm with 1.4x teleconverter - 1/400th @ f5 ISO400  D200 + 80-200 f2.8 @ 200mm with 1.4x teleconverter - 1/400th @ f5.6 ISO400 Some tips for any that might be interested - make sure you have a nice fast shutter speed, and always be ready. If anything, pick a shutter spead you'd normally use and make it twice as fast. This was the most frustrating thing when looking through my pics afterwards - way too many were blurry! *** When getting there is half the fun! ***
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by Dave-D40 on Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:35 am
Nice shots there  Nikon D7100/D7200, Nikkor 18-55, Nikkor 55-300, Nikkor 30, Nikkor 105 macro, Nikkor 10 - 24, Tokina 11 - 16, Tamron 150-600mm, SB600, Misc other
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by Reschsmooth on Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:49 am
Nice shots, Leon.
I have only been whale watching once, in Kaikoura, and I can appreciate your comments regarding setting as high a shutter speed as possible - unfortunately, I was shooting at 200 mm with our (then) brand new, second hand 80-200, and clipped the whale's tail. However, I was amazed at the sharpness. Our guide told us when the whales were going to dive, and at that point, I let fly with the shutter, capturing about 25 or so in the seconds during the dive.
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by philcoop on Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:47 am
Wow, great shots, nice lens, by the way how much was your second hand 80-200?
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by biggerry on Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:53 am
the whale in the first picture appears to be in the wars given the scars/cuts on his back - looks like a 'run in' with a boat prop!
The last picture is a classic capture, well done....
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by Pa on Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:10 am
excellent shots Leon....i shot mine at 1/640 and had a lot of [blurry] images as well...with the boat pitching as it was it was i should have shot at 1/1000 at least.
when the whales are coming back i think we'll go out again
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by radar on Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:51 pm
Great shots Leon, last one is probably my favourite. With the swell on the weekend, it would have been a challenge. I'm waiting for some nice and calm weather for me to go out. In the meantime, I'll watch them from terra-firma . Which operator did you go with? Thanks for sharing, cheers, André Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. Ansel Adams
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by trublubiker on Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:09 pm
Nice shots.
At least with digital you're not looking at a strip of 36 with only 3 keepers.
Thanks for including your exif data. I'm also going to do the same trip so that will give me a benchmark to work from.
I live just up the road near Maitland.
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