tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post2271702359149383712..comments2024-03-26T08:18:06.895-04:00Comments on Moristotle & Co.: Among the baleinesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-41533311819343182922012-08-23T08:01:07.273-04:002012-08-23T08:01:07.273-04:00Patsy, We did see whales, and I showed my two &quo...Patsy, We did see whales, and I showed my two "best" photos. Further down. Yes, I enjoyed the joke, which was the only way I was going to be able to show any truly GOOD whale photos....Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-1433737376218489702012-08-22T22:14:35.977-04:002012-08-22T22:14:35.977-04:00I thought you had actually seen whales, too. Unli...I thought you had actually seen whales, too. Unlike the time I went with you from Oxnard! That was a great joke, Morris, but I wish you had really seen them.<br />Patsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-92196635387038050012012-08-01T16:24:44.715-04:002012-08-01T16:24:44.715-04:00Your very description of it is exciting! The thoug...Your very description of it is <i>exciting</i>! The thought alone....Yes, not that they'd intentionally hurt you, they could just be playing, after all.Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-5643099083856769752012-08-01T15:16:23.697-04:002012-08-01T15:16:23.697-04:00Yep, I was fairly close at times, six feet or so. ...Yep, I was fairly close at times, six feet or so. I had a telephoto on the camera I had with me because the outfitter who rented me the kayak said the whales wouldn't come within 50 yards. Next thing I knew five of them were rolling around so close it was as if they were using the kayak as a water toy. Seemed great fun to them, if moderately terrifying to me. <br /><br />The problem with them being that close isn't that they will intentionally hurt you, but if you get sideswiped by something that weighs as much as a trailer truck, there will be issues. Especially if you get dumped in 34-degree (F) water. At least the people on boats in the area got some great video and photos of the action, even if I didn't.motomyndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571595340251375602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-70277278830926969712012-08-01T13:16:15.557-04:002012-08-01T13:16:15.557-04:00Motomynd, thanks! I take it that you were so close...Motomynd, thanks! I take it that you were so close to the whale that you didn't need to crop the photos? That alone makes the photos very special.<br /> No, alas, the links aren't active in the comment window (even though Google activated them in the notification I was sent). So far as I have been able to determine, you must HTML-code a link in a comment window to activate it: <a href="[URL]">[phrase, or URL itself]</a><br /> Here are your respective URLs activated:<br /><a href="http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/90/62645S-00118.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/90/62645S-00118.jpg</a><br /><a href="http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/90/62645S-00119.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/90/62645S-00119.jpg</a><br /><a href="http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/88/62635S-00105.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/88/62635S-00105.jpg</a><br /><a href="http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/88/62635S-00103.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/88/62635S-00103.jpg</a>Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-11531852213712705772012-08-01T12:57:19.276-04:002012-08-01T12:57:19.276-04:00Don't know if these links will go active in yo...Don't know if these links will go active in your blog or if you will have to copy and paste, but here are a couple of my own pathetic efforts at whale photos. Taken off Point Gustavus, Alaska. <br />http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/90/62645S-00118.jpg<br /><br />http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/90/62645S-00119.jpg<br /><br />Now you see why I was so amazed at yours...before I saw the joke :) <br /><br />Oh, and here is a photo as I head out for my whale watching "cruise" - yes, I am paddling solo in a 13-foot kayak. <br />http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/88/62635S-00105.jpg<br /><br />And there I am, the tiny red dot in the little yellow kayak, with pulse at red-line thanks to the humpback whale that just came barely underneath me, surfaced 20-feet away, and is now diving. Did I think to take a photo? No, I just did my best to keep the kayak from flipping and sat there in awe. <br />http://eventgalleries.photoactiveinc.com/index.php/client/show_photo/2/88/62635S-00103.jpg<br /><br />Thank you for your whale-watching story and the memories it rekindled.motomyndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571595340251375602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-34951455385729595202012-08-01T08:36:17.927-04:002012-08-01T08:36:17.927-04:00Know, my friend, that it was you (and Ken) above a...Know, my friend, that it was you (and Ken) above all others whom I hoped to pleasure with the joke.Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-71073261867273606702012-08-01T07:47:07.673-04:002012-08-01T07:47:07.673-04:00You really had me going with those opening photos....You really had me going with those opening photos. Until you told the rest of the story I thought you must have had the most epic whale-watching trip of all time!motomyndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571595340251375602noreply@blogger.com