Hump Back of Half Moon Bay

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• SelenE (13972)
• [2008-10-24 9:47]

Hi Adam,
This is beautiful! Very good timing too. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

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• NinaM (4077)
• [2008-10-24 10:01]

I watched the whales once and it is the strongest experience of watching animals I ever lived. I imagine witnessing what you did and it must have been amazing. The picture is amazing, it is perfect and vry impressive. WOW! Thank you for sharing that day with us and the post is beautiful, fantastic, skilful and a joy to contemplate. Thank you!

Francine

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• pirate (7474)
• [2008-10-24 10:13]

Amazing indeed
good job
tfs
tom

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• Pentaxfriend (8048)
• [2008-10-24 11:29]

Hi Adam,

This must be an AMAZING experience
Excellent capture
great timing
beautiful sharpness and details

TFS Thijs

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• PeterZ (49139)
• [2008-10-24 12:26]

Hello Adam,
Fascinating and impressive photo in splendid blue colours. What a scene. I think your heart was beating very fast.
The sharpness and details are excellent. The BG perfect.
Have a great weekend,
Peter

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• MartinL (0)
• [2008-10-24 12:36]

Adam,

I'd submit this shot to National Geographic. I don't think further comments are required. :)

Best Regards,

Martin

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• matatur (5312)
• [2008-10-24 13:09]

A lovely and sharply delineated capture of a breaching whale Adam, thank you indeed for sharing this fabulous instance in nature with us my friend.
Cheers,
Mehmet

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• claudine (0)
• [2008-10-24 14:46]

I can understand that you will never forget that day! What an impressive moment you lived! This is a wonderful capture, something not easy to do. You photographed this gentle giant with great sharpness and exposure. Congratulations!
Claudine

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• iris (3088)
• [2008-10-24 15:10]

Hi Adam,
I think this is my first visit to your gallery and from your intro and the shots here, once can see you are really enjoying shooting these wonderful lives around us.
Wonderful capture with superb timing.This must have been quite a moment to watch .....awesome in its reality and you have captured the scene in its essence.Superb PoV and action moment.
Thanks a lot for sharing
Cheers

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• Luis52 (15809)
• [2008-10-24 16:42]

Hola Adam.
Wow. Beautiful photo my friend. Great moment, I wish to see those big black whales in a real life. Great work Adam, and TFS.
Luis52.

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• Evelynn (14454)
• [2008-10-24 18:39]

Hi Adam,
I'm glad to see you back and with such a spectacular photo!! Getting such a shapr photo from a boat is no easy trick. Well done!! The pose you captured is just wonderful! To think that I spent most of my life living not far from HMB and I never saw such a sight!

TFS
Evelynn : )

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• eqshannon (31141)
• [2008-10-24 18:54]

Wow! Had I the ability to go back in time. I did at a tie of my life have the opportunity but not the ambitions...sad tale but I am happy you're here to do it! Ver y nice and a classic for sure!
Bob

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• Wolfpower (1075)
• [2008-10-24 20:19]

Hello Adam

Wow,this is a great capture,excellent timing to snag this.
This is a classic pose and very dramatic.
Excellent POV.
Lovely colours and lighting.
TFS

Wolf

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• inked (771)
• [2008-10-24 22:42]

hi Adam,
stunning shot, and fantastic notes to go with it. what an experience! very jealous. great work, tfs
Gethin

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• Nephrotome2 (2538)
• [2008-10-25 5:56]

stunning shot. perfect in all sens: colors composition subject timing...
Can't be better.
TFS
JM

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• manyee (23770)
• [2008-10-25 8:02]
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Hi Adam, this image is totally awesome!
I can't believe your luck, seeing whales so close up.
But it took your incredible skills and quick reflexes to capture this breaching behemoth with such sharp details and in such a wonderful pose. This is the kind of picture we all dream of taking.
Congratulations !!!
Was Eric with you on this trip?
TFS this incredible sight and experience. : )

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• cicindela (9226)
• [2008-10-25 8:41]

Hi Adam!
What a perfect timig and great capture in one! Lovely composition with amazing light and details. You were really lucky, first - to see such situation, secondly - to take a picture of it.
Bravo and TFS!
Greetings from Poland,
Radomir

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• joey (24909)
• [2008-10-25 14:16]

This is an amazing shot, Adam!
The timing and reactions needed to take this are incredible!
Very sharp.
Excellent composition.
Superb light.
Straight into my favs!

Very well done,
Joe

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• iti (7939)
• [2008-10-25 15:16]

hI Adam
Very nice image.
Regards Jiri.

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• SunToucher (11162)
• [2008-10-27 11:11]

Hi Adam,
Long time no see. The first time I saw this photo I did not have enough time to critique it, so I made a note for myself to return to it. The photo is a stunner. The high arched jump is awesome. I love the perfect details on the whale and the wonderfully hazed and blurred BG. It really seperated the whale from the land. The brown shells on the chin of the whale break the blue grey tone wonderfully.
TFS,
Niek

P.S. You are lucky to have such a great friend.

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• loot (11276)
• [2008-10-28 9:20]

Hi Adam

I'm glad to see that you've been doing a number of postings again recently.
Sounds like you guys really had an exciting and well rewarded day on the boat.
You have captured an amazing animal which few of us ever have the opportunity to do.
Excellent sharpness and spot-on exposure definitively gave the shot a visual plus.
I really like this one, great stuff.
Btw, I normally do not fancy a thick frame around a photo, but this one sure worked well.

Very well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• elizabeth (10)
• [2008-10-29 21:03]

Awesome shot! A wonderful capture of an amazing scene! You have handled everything about the photo extremely well, and all in the exceitement of the moment.
Cheers
Elizabeth

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• EOSF1 (23955)
• [2008-11-06 7:57]

Hello Adam! That's a fantastic shot! Great timing and 'nailed' perfectly. Great details, great exposure, a very fine image.

Mario

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• fragman (43778)
• [2010-11-23 6:59]

amazing capture, TFS Ori