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This feeding humpback is all “whale” and good, but it wasn’t the “right” one for the scientists on the Right Whale survey…
February 13, 2017
Humpback whale feeding. This photo was taken with a telephoto lens and then cropped. Images collected under MMPA research permit #17355.
Photo: Kelly Dilliard
While several of the scientists were out in the boat chasing the right whale, the rest of us were up on the fly bridge following the whale and directing the small boats to its location. This was especially challenging because the right whale would only surface for a very short time period and then dive down for up to 20 minutes. Through all of this there were hundreds of seals swimming off the bow, humpback whales feeding, and tons of birds. I was able to capture lots of images with my telephoto lens and with my GoPro.Read the blog post
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