Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
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Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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LLoyd just sent me a few pics from the whale watch...he had the good fortune to be on a spectacular whale watch in terms of what he got to see, weather conditions etc....and he got some magnificent pictures...one in particular is a humpback whale doing a full spinning head breach....most people miss it on the camera as we have no clue when and where its going to happen ( this is the way they were meant to be seen....in the wild... not a choreographed Sea World dog and pony show )....in this case it was a 40 foot 30 ton animal doing it about 50 feet from the boat....wow!...good work Lloyd!
3 spouts............3 whales coming at us
time to eat and go home.......
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Dennis
Reged: 04/05/04
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Loc: Chicago
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Spectactular!
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bto
Reged: 04/10/03
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Mike, Lloyd, those are just magnificent! I would love to be on your boat one day and see that up close...just don't think I'd feel good about being in that little boat though.
Mike, you don't see that daily, do you?
Thanks for sharing those...
bev
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lloyd
Reged: 03/11/03
Posts: 622
Loc: Ottawa, Ontario
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Mike
All the credit goes to Pat.You were in the wheelhouse, so you would not have realized she took all the pictures,and many more (heck,I can't even figure out how to send them to you!!)
Hey Tim and John !!
Can Pat enter these in the Sept shooters contest ??
ps Mike- no DVD from your ship's photographer yet
Lloyd
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Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
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Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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bev.....not daily, but fairly regularly....we just have no way of knowing when they are going to do what they do......which gives new meaning to the word "surprised' when one does something like that so close to the boat....people jump out of their skin!...LOL...most of the time they are feeding which is equally as awesome to observe......unfortunately we often get clueless people in plastic boats following us out to the whales......I've played some pretty nasty tricks on them when I'm in the mood to make a statement
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lambchop1101
Reged: 07/27/07
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Loc: New Orleans, USA
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that is awesome, lloyd!!!!!
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amyb
Reged: 04/22/08
Posts: 126
Loc: Long Island NY
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Amazing-just thrilling. These took my breath away. Mother Nature is incredible and you have the photos to prove it. Phil and I were at Toiny one March afternoon, about 3 years ago, when a pod of 10 or so whales cruised by. We watched from a spot next to the frog statues, but it was not as close up and personal as this adventure. Thanks for sharing.
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bto
Reged: 04/10/03
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amy, how cool...I've never seen them while on SBH...wondered if anyone else had...probably notre amie, Rosita has seen a few : )
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Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
Posts: 15729
Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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bev.....you are only going to see them down there in the winter...they go down to the warmer waters to breed ( dont we all??...LOL ) and give birth.....than they migrate up here to New England to feed in spring, summer, and early fall ( they are just about ready to skidaddle outta here now )...the "hot spot" for seeing whales off St Barts is the deep water between St Barts and Isle Forchue - looking north
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bto
Reged: 04/10/03
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thanks, Mike, I'll keep that in mind....I've always wanted to go out on a whale watch...those pics are really amazing...you can watch all this on TV but to see it in person....gotta be amazing.
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Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
Posts: 15729
Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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....I've always wanted to go out on a whale watch...those pics are really amazing...you can watch all this on TV but to see it in person....gotta be amazing.
the simple solution to that is to come to the 4th annual SBHonline Cape get together next summer and take a ride with moi!
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JEK
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Reged: 01/20/04
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Loc: Northern Virginia
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Thread on whale watching on SBH.
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Carnaval 2009: Mardi 24 Février 2009!!!!
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