Comments on: Whale Watching with Prince of Whales

By: Condos in Florida

Condos in Florida — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:43:52 +0000

I know You have been wonderful experience, i would say its Worth to give $95, sure once go for Whale…

By: In The Sphere: Whales, Weddings, and Canadians | BlueFur.com

In The Sphere: Whales, Weddings, and Canadians | BlueFur.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:09:00 +0000

[...] Ingram took a short trip over to Vancouver Island with Robyn and they decided to go on a whale watching tour. It’s very rare to see the orcas on the ferry routes, so these little tours are definitely [...]

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:59:17 +0000

@VancityAllie – The extender just sits between the lens and the camera body and magnifies things twice. so 200mm is 400mm f2.8 becomes f5.6 etc. You just have to make sure your shutter speed is set to at least 1/400 or higher to get a decent photo (or at least that’s what I did). AF still works and so does the IS of my lens too. (used the 70-200mm f2.8L IS)

It’s not something I would keep doing at almost $100 a person, but it is something I think someone should do at least once if they have never done it. I want a boat now anyway so I can do my own whale sight-seeing!

By: VancityAllie

VancityAllie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:22 +0000

Holy crap! How does that extender work?

Very cool!

Great shots Tyler, you really got up close and personal. I’d love to do a trip like that. They do whale watching in Tofino but I have to admit it’s hard to pony up the cash for something like that!

By: david - living in the tree house

david - living in the tree house — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:21 +0000

wow, sounds great
I will have to add it to my wish list of things to do before I move on to the next place

By: Kimm

Kimm — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:52:13 +0000

Netchick sent me here but I tend to come by anyways lol..

By: Kimm

Kimm — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:52 +0000

I can’t remember seeing them on the ferry but I do remember seeing them all the time when I was on my gramps boats growing up. A great place is Uclelet for watching grey and humpback whales..

There is also a whale watching company in steveston.

By: GusF

GusF — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:52:58 +0000

Fantastic shots!

I agree, there is nothing like seeing these mammals in their natural environment.

I have seen the Orcas while on a BC Ferry. It was a site to behold. The ferry had to slow down as they passed near the pod.

I also had the chance to see the humpbacks in Puerto Vallarta (their breeding ground). We took a great excursion with a marine biologist who actually was taking notes and tracking the pod. We even parked the boat for lunch and had the whales swim by us. I, like you, lost those pictures.

Thanks for sharing your experience!