Selecting which seven photos to put in this entry was extremely difficult -- we had three separate encounters with whales on our cruise and I took well over 100 pictures between them. One encounter was especially exciting, with the whales breaching repeatedly, slapping the water with their tales, and rolling over and over like synchronized swimmers. It must have gone on for fifteen minutes. It was quite a show and it left everyone, even our jaded on-board National Park Ranger, in amazement.
I was so thankful to have this camera with me -- I had ditched the shutter lag of my previous digital point-and-shoot, and had gained shutter-priority and autofocus (not present in my trusty 35mm SLR) needed for these rapid-fire shots. This was a perfect day for it to strut its stuff!
