Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Orca!

Watching Orca in the wild has been a dream of mine for years and so you can imagine how I felt when I managed to photograph a pod of about nine animals.
The weather was perfect and we managed to spend about an hour with them before we moved on.
First Contact
Mother and Calf
Sometimes you have to remember to put the camera down and just watch! This Orca came within 3-4m of us and dived under the boat. I was impressed also by the sensitive way the skipper positioned his boat so as not to disturb the animals.
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