Blue Whales in Redondo Beach - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

mo2vation · 10-13-2010, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by umoa

freaking epic pictures! What kind of camera do you use?

Do you feel like joining sea shepherd now...?

Scam Shepherd. Don't get me started on those guys. The Hump (the restaurant busted for serving whale months ago) is a block from my office in Santa Monica... I went to shoot the protest and these guys were there. Selling T-shirts with their van double parked. I could go on. Not a fan.

I use a pretty old rig, as far as DSLR's are concerned. Its a Nikon D200. The underwater housings I use are designed for this camera - so even though its about 5 or 6 years old (3 lifetimes in digital imaging) I have a few of them for all my UW shooting.

This was shot with a VR (vibration resistant) lens. A great lens for shooting from a moving platform, like a kayak.

Circular polarizer takes a lot of the glare off the water surface - lets me see a few feet into the water, more vivid colors, etc.

Thx buddy

-K

dmrides · 10-13-2010, 05:06 PM

What an awesome experience. Truly amazing that you had the presence of mind to take such amazing pictures with those guys around; I would have a hard time looking at them through a little view finder. Thanks for sharing.

scoop · 10-13-2010, 05:35 PM

Awesome, I liked all, but the 4th from last pic is outstanding for me.

10-13-2010, 05:06 PM	#2
dmrides Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Point Loma Posts: 584	What an awesome experience. Truly amazing that you had the presence of mind to take such amazing pictures with those guys around; I would have a hard time looking at them through a little view finder. Thanks for sharing.

10-13-2010, 05:35 PM	#3
scoop Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 60	Awesome, I liked all, but the 4th from last pic is outstanding for me.