The whale breach beauty continues! (They put on a good show for us last weekend). In some ways the extreme haze made for nicer lighting, not so much midday harshness. 🌿📷🦑 - ThreadSky

hawaiianimages.bsky.social • 4 days ago

The whale breach beauty continues! (They put on a good show for us last weekend). In some ways the extreme haze made for nicer lighting, not so much midday harshness. 🌿📷🦑

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annemckinnell.bsky.social•4 days ago

Gorgeous!

gettoknownature.bsky.social•3 days ago

This series has been incredible. 😍

hawaiianimages.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thanks, and credit to whale frens. :)

gettoknownature.bsky.social•3 days ago

They are pretty spectacular but so are your photos

hawaiianimages.bsky.social•3 days ago

(bows) :)

makena416.bsky.social•3 days ago

I miss living on Makena Bay and watching this amazing scene. Aloha 'aina.

techwebb.bsky.social•3 days ago

Fun fact! They mostly breach to clean off parasites and barnacles!

theineptbirder.bsky.social•4 days ago

So jealous! What a beast!

crawlieswithcri.bsky.social•4 days ago

Amazing!

hawaiianimages.bsky.social•4 days ago

(BTW, shot with that same 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L lens you sold me way back when)

crawlieswithcri.bsky.social•4 days ago

Awesome!

hawaiianimages.bsky.social•4 days ago

For a relatively short tour (3 hours) we had great luck. Open bar was nice too. :)

deborahannf.bsky.social•4 days ago

😍

2centsworth.bsky.social•3 days ago

Whales breach onto their backs just for the fun of it—or so I believe. (25 years an Hawaii resident; 10 on Maui; 2 in Kihei.)

sammedio.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank Kilauea for the VOG.

hawaiianimages.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yep, was quite an event

photosteve.bsky.social•4 days ago

Amazing shots James, I'm excited to see the rest! 🤩

hawaiianimages.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thanks! There are some shots from the past few days in the timeline, have a few more to post. :)

photosteve.bsky.social•4 days ago

I know the feeling! I have a whole long bald eagle sequence I’m trying to figure out the best way to share

blueravefinn.bsky.social•4 days ago

We did not get a chance to see whales in Hawaii. I did see a fair number of whales in Alaska. 😁 No breaches. But it was still cool.

hawaiianimages.bsky.social•4 days ago

Same whales, too! They mate and have babies here, then all swim up to Alaska in the summer to feed. :)

blueravefinn.bsky.social•4 days ago

I know that would have been cool to see them both places. I did take tail photos of a bunch. One had a lot of barnacles and apparently it's named Barnacles! 😁
We saw several feeding all together. One with a baby. Apparently a group is more rare to see.

hawaiianimages.bsky.social•4 days ago

I've never gotten to see feeding behavior, that's cool!

blueravefinn.bsky.social•4 days ago

They were under water a lot, several times they surfaced closer to the boat than the allowed distance.

blueravefinn.bsky.social•4 days ago

The marine science student/guide was so excited!