Eye-to-eye with whales: always a beautiful moment. From a photographic point of view, it is of course a pity that you can always only capture part of that enormous body. Or you have to descend into their world with all the necessary equipment. However, that is a totally different branch of sport. Doing a boat trip, where special attention is paid to these colossal animals, is of course also possible. From Husavík, in northern Iceland, for example. Usually, such activities are quite popular and so it can be crowded. Before the departure, they hoist you in a survival suit, a padded suit to withstand the cold. You cannot play around with various lenses as soon as a whale is reported, the crowd shifts from starboard to port or vice versa. The conditions for photographing whales are certainly not ideal. But when a whale is spotted, in this case a humpback, it's a matter of getting your pictures taken. Not every time that big tail comes up, something like that only happens when the animal dives, Iceland is a developed country and tourism acts as a major pillar of the economy. Very strange then that such'a country still engages in whaling....
De fotografie is er bij mij met de paplepel ingegoten. Mijn vader werkte bij de Koninklijke Marine als fotograaf. In het analoge tijdperk ontwikkelden we menig filmpje in de doka en drukten er talloze foto's af. Ik heb een ruime belangstelling voor alles wat met natuur te maken.. Read more…