We’re on Orcas Island right now, and we just got through shooting Ben & Aisling’s beautiful island wedding.
But first…just wanted to share with you guys who were following along with the tweets and facebook status updates… We did indeed, on a whim, board a whale watching boat while scouting some quirky locations for tonight’s wedding. Little did we know it would be a four hour tour, taking us all the way to Canada!!!
It was a super rare sighting of a Super Pod- three pods combined to hunt as one. It was estimated that 85 whales were in the vicinity. The one above was doing a tale slap to stun the fish (but we like to think he was playing!).
I pesonally think that the kayaker pictured above was peeing his pants. He was SO close to the two whales (there’s a fin just to the left of his boat)!!!
Mom and baby? What a treat.
One whale spy hopping, taking a looksee about!
Um, the Northwest is BEAUTIFUL. Right? Yep. The tallest fin belongs to a male.
Anyone see Shamu as a kid?
Wowsas. Gorgeous.
And for good measure, an image of Bull Kelp. it grows 8-12 inches PER DAY. This stuff is huge… the pods are the size of softballs!
8 comments
Airika Pope - Incredible, Laurel. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing. Great start to my day.
Keri@keripinzon.com - WOW! So lucky for you. I wish i could have seen that in person. Orca’s are so amazing almost mystical, I always have dreams about them.
Susanna Tanner - What an opportunity! Thanks for sharing such awesome images of the whales. What a gift to have in front of you to capture!
Shannon Lassen - Wow, super cool!
Barbie - Laurel – these are GREAT! Nice work!! You are SO lucky for getting to see the whales!!
Melisa - I know you posted this a while ago…. I decided I needed to comment. I LOVE these photos I also live in the NW but have never see Orca’s up close. I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your amazing photos.
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