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Pictures Alaska - Whales

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Had the opportunity to watch a group of 7 Humpback Whales doing their bubble net feeding. It was quite spectacular to watch them in action feeding on the herring























Orca's - We also saw a small pod of 3 Orca's








 

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Very cool! I saw orcas once while on a ferry up in Washington state, but they were so far away I could only see fins. These shots are really amazing!
 

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Excellent as usual. Thanks for photos. :)
 

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Wow. I've been obsessed with Orcas since I was about 5. What an amazing experience. Great photos.
 

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Great shots! :heart: :heart: :heart:
 

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Wow, what a treat to actually see them in real life..
 

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Beautiful photographs! Whales are majestic animals.

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Wow, you're so lucky!! How far away were they? Were you on a boat?
 

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Yes we were on a boat and sometimes they were so close I had a hard time taking pictures and had to use my wide angle lens. Other times they were several hundred yards away
 

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Fantastic Shots!!! One would think with them driving all the fish up to the surface there would be more birds.
The birds are how we knew where they were going to surface. If you watched the seagulls they would fly around and around and when they all dived to one spot to grab the herring jumping the whales would suddenly surface :) here is a cropped pic of the herring jumping on the surface. You can kind of see them :)
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:) Spectacular. !..thanks for sharing. .
 

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that is so awesome! I'd love to see them in the wild like that! beautiful shots!
 
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