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Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:35 pm
by dlh
Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:01 pm
by stphnmartin
Wow! Super great! The hammers got close! So did the mola mola!
Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:45 am
by oldsalt
Each one of these pictures deserves a poster. I still hope to see a whale shark one day. Congratulations. Being a whale geek, I am guessing those are bottlenose dolphins. Do you know?
Thanks, Curt
Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:58 pm
by dlh
Glad you like the photos! The two days at Darwin's Arch were full of surprises including 200-300 Bottlenose Dolphins that buzzed our crew many times, especially when we at the surface towards the end of dives. Lots of amazing interactive experiences.
This picture has about 35 dolphins in frame!
Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 6:33 pm
by Vjw
Amazing pelagic pics!!! And you got to see hammerheads, a whale shark, and a mola mola! Glad the boat and viz were even better this time!!
Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:13 pm
by Gdog
Freaking amazing Dave!!
Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:27 pm
by Scubie Doo
Very very cool DLH! Excellent shots.
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Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:30 pm
by derekcs
Really cool iguana photos. How close did you get to the whale shark? I remember how hard it was to get a shot of one with good white balance at that depth. Looks like you were at 60-70ft?
Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 6:55 pm
by dlh
derekcs wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:30 pm
Really cool iguana photos. How close did you get to the whale shark? I remember how hard it was to get a shot of one with good white balance at that depth. Looks like you were at 60-70ft?
We were probably around 60 feet when the whale shark came by. I was out to the right flank of the diver group and it came right in toward me. I jetted out and took a first round of shots as it swam right to left in front of me, maybe 10 feet. Then it did a 180 and came right back toward me for that shot that I posted. I was within 6 feet or so and it passed right over. I was shooting my D850 with a 16-35 lens and my Inon 330's very close to full power. Shot at ISO 320, f9, 1/160, 27mm.
Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:20 pm
by Scubie Doo
Some major bucket list critters BTW. Hammerhead, mola mola, whale shark, dolphins. You checked a lot off the list.
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Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:21 pm
by Scubie Doo
And the iguana too
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Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:37 pm
by ScubaJess
Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:02 am
by jmartel
Nice photos. I'm surprised you saw a whale shark since it's out of season there. We did October in 2016 on the Aggressor and doing it again next October. I wasn't lucky enough to get the dolphins you did, but we got some pilot whales. The boat before us had a pod of Orca come through which I'm insanely jealous about.
Re: Galapagos on the Deep Blue
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:20 pm
by Sharkb8
Beautiful photos. Did you give that red lipped batfish a big smooch from all of us?!