Wild dolphin encounter!

[Arkanjel Imaging]

Man I have been really lucky lately! A mother was teaching her calf how to catch fish right off the seawall of my jobsite today. Took these over about 30 mins. All I had was my 105mm. Luckily they were less than 10' away.

Not quite as sharp as Id like. But I only had a second or two at a time to shoot them.
#1

#2

#3

#4
Here you can clearly see her looking (and smililng :sillysmi: ) at me. Thats the edge of the seawall!

#5

#6

 

[EricD]

Very nice captures....outstanding timing on #2 & #3!!!

 

[Overread]

A fantastic encounter for yourself and some good photography as well! For me I have to say I like the first for seeing both dolphins next to each other swimming side by side with the clear - parent and child relationship showing; and like Erik I am fond of the second shot as well - great capture and emotion.

 

[timbearden]

I like 4, and 5 the most.

 

[LaFoto]

You count these "not as sharp as (you) like"???
If that is the case, then I fear that "sharp as you like" would be piercing my eyes out and blind me! I find these EVER SO sharp!
And what a lucky encounter (and presence of mind!) to capture these scenes in the way you did!!! Wow.

 

[Arkanjel Imaging]

Thank you gentlemen. Man it was really neat just to watch their interaction so close. Even more so after they made a point of coming to check me out. The mother made a couple of really slow almost drifting passes right at my feet.

Corrina: what Im seeing is a little motion blur. I probably could have done with less dof or higher ISO to stop the action a little better. I missed some really sweet shots of the baby jumping and tossing fish around. The weather was bouncing between overcast and sunny too. You can see a storm starting to blow in the last couple pics.

 

[michaelleggero]

i'd take #5, do it in high contrast black and white and you'll have a really cool art image there.. most people wont' even know what it is.. that' would be a great one

Mike Leggero

http://www.michaelleggero.com