This is the final picture of Davy's great whale shots. These last three pictures have been one breach. It was so cool. Tomorrow I'll post the splash that it left. Too many times we see the splash, but miss the breach. I nearly never get any of it on my camera.
Today Davy and Susan went zip lining and they loved it! We stayed home and got some work done on our taxes and got dinners packed and lunch cooked. We had lunch as soon as they got home and then we took off for Hapuna Beach. At the beach we saw countless breaches out in the ocean, but got no pictures (They were too far out to get pictures). We saw two whales breaching at the same time, two different times. It was really awesome! I counted 12 breaches and then took a nap. Then I woke up and counted 30 more before Don and I took off for another walk. On our walk we saw 3 more. It was unbelievable! (Chemo brain, counting, so take it with a grain of salt.)
We left Hapuna Beach and drove up the coast, stopping at a couple of places to watch for whales along the way. We finally made it back to Mahukona and ate our sandwiches while we watched lots more whale activity. It was really a fun whale watching day. It's so amazing that God made these animals and they seem to be here just frolicking. We stand amazed and so grateful to get to experience it.
Tomorrow we're getting up early to head for the volcano. We'll eat breakfast at the best breakfast place on the Island (Hawaiian Style Cafe in Waimea) and then head for the sea gem beach. We hope to collect some more sea glass and then head on to the black sand beach and Mackenzie State Park. (Look out Harry; we're coming your way!) We'll go see what we can see around the volcano, but it's been really quiet for the last month. Anyway, it'll be a long, fun day.
OMG !! What kind of camera does Davy have? This whate breaching is so awesome! Does he have a telephoto lens? How close were you? I want one of these cameras so bad. Love to you all and have a great time! Linda
ReplyDeleteLinda, I don't know what kind it is. I'll ask him. Expensive, I'm sure! He has a couple of lenses he uses. He got it when they came to Hawaii in 2007 for the trip as well as to use when Bruce plays ball. He gets lots of great shots of him. He can take picture after picture, very quickly. It's bigger than ours, though. Anyway, we're so proud of these whale pictures. I think these pictures were not zoomed, because when we zoom in on the pc, we can see the barnacles on him. Did you click on the picture to make it huge? Do that, if you haven't.
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Jo
Linda, he said it's a Cannon; some kind of rebel? He has a special lens, but he was using a regular lens with those shots. The camera is about 3 years old and they say it's really user friendly. It looks heavy to tote, to me, who usually has the camera in my pocket. Of course I can't get great pictures like his, though.
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Jo