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Whales at Peninsula Valdez
08
Nov
After waking up to pouring rain, we started driving the 150km to our next point of interest. Halfway, we drove to the coast on a dirt road, and thru the open window (winds at 80km, rain…) we saw our first whale breeching 200 meters off.
70km later at Porto Pyramidas, we found out the port is closed and no boats are going out to see the whales. Maybe tomorrow, morning or evening, or the day after. Still raining.
Ran found us a ‘motel’ room with a big window to the sea, and we sat down and watched the whales jumping off the coast.
Early the next morning we took the first boat out in incredible sunny weather. The first whale and her calf were floating a meter off the boat and we had to back off not to run them over. Twice as big as the boat (wikipedia it; southern right whales), we followed them for the next 20 minutes, and then turned to follow others, which were breeching all around us.
Too much photo equipment
29
Oct
In last years trip to Australia, i took the Nikon D300 and 2 lenses (Nikon 18-200mm and Sigma 10-20mm) plus a tripod and some cables. I have taken some amazing pictures with this combo, and I still managed to miss a few shots by not having the right lens on or having the wrong settings (like manual focus or HDR on , duh).
I spent last year getting better at photography and stocking up and practicing with pro lenses (see my portfolio link on the side). As this is my first full-on photo trip I’m taking everything I have (and buying lots more accessories), and it’s been a huge hassle to amass what seems now like a huge pile of equipment that I will have to handle throughout the trip.
At least this time I have an iPad to backup and edit the photos on the way, instead of a 15″ Macbook Pro
