Robyn Aldridge
One of Four Dolphins Playing Around our Boat _MG_4949 resized
We arrived home a lot later than we intended tonight. That's because I was photographing a pod of dolphins playing under and around our boat (yacht) for over half an hour. Of course having a captain who was all for it, was a great help. He was the one who first spotted them as I had my eye glued to the lens in a different direction, but still in the West Head vicinity.
I started off with a 600mm lens I was using at the time the dolphins came into view, but I quickly changed that to a smaller one, owing to the close proximity of the dolphins.
These beautiful creatures swam from West Head over towards Barrenjoey Lighthouse. We may not have seen the whales this weekend and I definitely don't like it when they are under a boat due to their size. However, I consider it a blessing to have had this wonderful encounter today.
The dolphins seemed to be working in pairs ( 4 of them all told) and now I have heaps and heaps of photos to edit, but no time to do anything about that over the next week as I'll be out photographing again tomorrow and on with another adventure!
Just watch this space...
One of Four Dolphins Playing Around our Boat _MG_4949 resized
We arrived home a lot later than we intended tonight. That's because I was photographing a pod of dolphins playing under and around our boat (yacht) for over half an hour. Of course having a captain who was all for it, was a great help. He was the one who first spotted them as I had my eye glued to the lens in a different direction, but still in the West Head vicinity.
I started off with a 600mm lens I was using at the time the dolphins came into view, but I quickly changed that to a smaller one, owing to the close proximity of the dolphins.
These beautiful creatures swam from West Head over towards Barrenjoey Lighthouse. We may not have seen the whales this weekend and I definitely don't like it when they are under a boat due to their size. However, I consider it a blessing to have had this wonderful encounter today.
The dolphins seemed to be working in pairs ( 4 of them all told) and now I have heaps and heaps of photos to edit, but no time to do anything about that over the next week as I'll be out photographing again tomorrow and on with another adventure!
Just watch this space...