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Porpoising Dolphin ~ Gulf of Mexico ~ Clearwater Beach, Florida
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 250, f/8.0, 44mm, 1/2000s
In 2015 we went to the Niue Island in the Pacific Ocean for the first time. The island is small, you can literally drive around it in 30 minutes. But what is unique is that just around 50 m from the shore the ocean goes very deep - up to 300 m. Therefore you can see whales and dolphins a lot - right from the window of you motel, or from a restaurant deck. We went to swim with dolphins and it was a remarkable experience. The picture is from my small Canon camera - therefore not extremely high quality.
Dusky Dolphin, Kaikoura, New Zealand
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Dolphin Beach can usually be spotted from a fair distance away by the colourful kites that are being flown above it.
Long-beaked common dolphins are gregarious and are often seen ‘porpoising' at the water surface, breaching and bow-riding for extended periods of time. They are also highly vocal and like the short-beaked common dolphin, can be heard whistling to each other when they are above the surface of the water. They typically travel in large social groups numbering between 10 and 50 dolphins.
Getting close to one of the world’s most intelligent and playful creatures. A large group of Red Sea spinner dolphins
framed from the surface while breathing oxygen. They live in closely knit social groups called “pods” and are one of the world’s most intelligent animals.
Dolphins hunt for fish collectively in a pod using various tactics including “coralling” where the fish are chased into shallow water where they are easier to catch. They can also use echolocation, a clicking sound they omit which produces a return echo when it hits any object, to determine the location of nearby fish shoals.
These playful mammals are a common sight in the Red Sea, and Marsa Alam offers excellent opportunities to encounter them. Marsa Alam has two of the most important dolphin habitats in the Red Sea and the world – Samadai and Sataya reefs, both providing a home to large families of spinner dolphins.
Shot with a Canon EOS 700D at Shaab Satayah Marsa Alam.
Another LE shot of the 'Dolphins' at Lepe beach, UK
These are the remnants of the D-day embarkation piers and always make for an interesting subject
This was also one of my first tries with the ND10 filter for some LE
Seen from the shore at Richardson Beach Park, Kalanianaole Ave, Hilo, Island of Hawaii [Big Island], Hawaii.
Info: A group of dolphins is called a pod. A pod usually is formed of around 12 dolphins, and it is the usual social group of dolphins. > www.dolphins-world.com/what-is-a-group-of-dolphins-called/
The dolphin gull is native to southern Chile and Argentina, and the Falkland Islands, I found it in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in Argentina.
On the way out to photograph whooping cranes we saw this dolphin out in the bay. This group didin't seem to be very playful, and we only saw one surface this once.
Had an amazing experience encountering a superpod of thousands of Northern Right Whale Dolphins and Pacific White-Sided Dolphins grouped together in Monterey Bay, CA.
The dolphin breached the water with a corkscrew twist to give additional height. It reached about 5m clear of the water, just avoiding a belly flop on landing! All this with the Ceredigion coastline in the background. A fabulous encounter...
Dolphin rock at sunrise on the Sunshine Coast QLD. I have been chasing this shot for a while now where a nice sunrise aligns with high tide. Was finally successful last week. Instagram @glensinclair_photography
First day out sailing this season and we were met by a pod of dolphins, we can now recognise a few of the group as locals as they have distinctive markings so it was wonderful to meet up with them today all looking healthy after a long and stormy winter here in North Wales. A youngster was spotted with Mother but I didn't manage to photograph them as it was a very misty morning to begin. The pod appeared delighted to have us back in the water as we left the harbour entrance and put sails up they raced over to follow us and played around the bow as we sailed at 6-8 knots upwind with the yacht bouncing through the gentle swell.
Ganges river dolphin - Platanista gangetica, photographed at the downstream side of Koshi Barrage, Nepal. The area of bubbles on the service infromt and above the Dolphin are the footstep of a younger Dolphin, possibly the calf of this one.
Common Dolphins are usually uncommon in Monterey Bay but this is an El Niño year with warmer waters than usual, and there are thousands of them further north than usual. This is the rarer oceanic form that used to be known as Long-beaked Common Dolphin but DNA studies of the various populations have shown that they are not a genetically distinct species, but that each long-beaked population is most closely related to their nearest population of Short-beaked Common Dolphins. I thought that the head of this leaping Dolphin stood out well against the splash of a recently-dived Dolphin.