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vandenberg - 1-15-2008 at 02:11 PM

It's there.
Try the 4th post.

Sorry !!

[Edited on 1-15-2008 by vandenberg]

bajajudy - 1-15-2008 at 02:22 PM

I cannot get that to open nor copy and paste.
:?:

vandenberg - 1-15-2008 at 02:34 PM

Judy,
Shows up fine on my laptop.
But maybe too large.
Give me time and I try too get it within the limit.
Sorry

vandenberg - 1-15-2008 at 02:41 PM

gringorio - 1-15-2008 at 02:46 PM

That is amazing! Who what when where how??? Amazing...

Osprey - 1-15-2008 at 04:13 PM

Van, stayed right with you til you got it. Now I'm stealin it. Great shot, whoever took it. Unless it's been doctored. If I find out it's been doctored I'm gonna take out the dolphin and put me in it.

Von - 1-15-2008 at 04:56 PM

WOW! Amazing and breath taking!!!!

vandenberg - 1-15-2008 at 07:47 PM

Osprey,
I got that in a series of amazing pictures sent to me by a friend. Most of them were of the "Pure Luck" variety. No artistic skill involved. Here's another one from the same series.

Tomas Tierra - 1-16-2008 at 08:46 AM

More please :wow:

vandenberg - 1-16-2008 at 10:30 AM

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Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
More please :wow:

Here a couple more, one by one, the easy way :biggrin:

vandenberg - 1-16-2008 at 10:31 AM

and next :biggrin:

Skipjack Joe - 1-17-2008 at 07:09 PM

Ken Bondy has one just like that. I think they're taken at Brooks Falls, Alaska. I'm hoping to fish the river below the falls next summer. Got to remember to bring the camera!

P.S. The long jumper also looks like a bear.

[Edited on 2-13-2008 by Skipjack Joe]

Apparently

BMG - 2-12-2008 at 08:57 PM

the whale/dolphin photo was taken in Banderas Bay.

http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=...

Sharksbaja - 2-12-2008 at 11:33 PM

It's the product of Adobe photoshop. The file description gives it away.

Just curious

BMG - 2-13-2008 at 08:26 AM

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Originally posted by Sharksbaja
It's the product of Adobe photoshop. The file description gives it away.

What in the file description gives it away? According to the article in Latitude 38 it was taken by Tiffany McNeil on s/v Legato.

Sharksbaja - 2-13-2008 at 12:31 PM

"JPG, JPE Adobe PhotoDeluxe Business Edition"

Most people don't open or resize ordinary photos in Adobe. It takes a few minutes just to launch the program. I suppose some use it for everyday simple stuff but I'd guess this is doctored.
Besides, if that picture is from the same source as that bird in the bath then it's pretty obvious someone knows how to manipulate photos well.
I could be wrong but that's almost impossible. :lol:

BMG - 2-14-2008 at 08:26 AM

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Originally posted by Sharksbaja
"JPG, JPE Adobe PhotoDeluxe Business Edition"

Most people don't open or resize ordinary photos in Adobe. It takes a few minutes just to launch the program. I suppose some use it for everyday simple stuff but I'd guess this is doctored.
Besides, if that picture is from the same source as that bird in the bath then it's pretty obvious someone knows how to manipulate photos well.
I could be wrong but that's almost impossible. :lol:

Hmmmm...usually Richard and his crew at Latitude 38 are pretty good about using undoctored photos when they attribute them to a specific individual.

Skipjack Joe - 2-15-2008 at 09:22 AM

The sparrow shaking his head doesn't look doctored to me. It was just shot with a slow shutter speed. Too slow for the head shaking but fast enough for the drops of water.

Natalie Ann - 2-15-2008 at 09:44 AM

fwiw - I regularly use Adobe Photoshop to resize my photos... easy as pie, it is. :yes:

Doesn't mean my photos are 'doctored'.

Nena

tripledigitken - 2-15-2008 at 10:00 AM

I'm a little suspect of the halo around the dolphin.

I too use Adobe Photoshop for most of my photo's that I post here.

[Edited on 2-15-2008 by tripledigitken]

Natalie Ann - 2-15-2008 at 10:12 AM

Yeah, I also feel a bit suspicious about the picture... possible but not probable, I guess. Too bad... no longer can we truthfully say 'a picture is worth a thousand words'.

I just wanted to make the point that many of us everyday folks do regulary use Photoshop, and few of us are 'doctoring' our images.

Nena

[Edited on 2-15-2008 by Natalie Ann]

I think this settles the question.

BMG - 2-15-2008 at 03:13 PM

Whale of a Bad Idea Found Out

February 15, 2008 – 'Lectronic Latitude

In Monday 'Lectronic, we ran a sensational photo of a whale and a dolphin frolicking together, said to have been taken near Punta Mita by a cruiser. We asked our readers if anybody knew if this interspecies behavior is common. As a result, inquisitive Take a few minutes to look. reader C.M. White did some research on the internet, and found . . . that the photo wasn't taken by the person who was said to have taken it, and had been taken in Hawaii rather than Mexico! One of the things that fooled us was that the background indeed looked more like Punta Mita than Hawaii. It turns out that the photo was taken by Lori Mazzuca, and won first place for Professionals in the Mammal category of the National Wildlife Awards photo competition.

So we did a little investigation, and it turns out that the woman who was said to have taken the photo knew nothing about it, nor did the owner of the boat it was said to have been taken from. It was all a poorly thought out joke by someone who didn't realize how many people would be embarassed as a result. The moral of the story is not to make false claims on behalf of other people. This is especially true on the internet, because your chances of being found out are very high.

Our sincerest apologies to those who were set up, and to photographer Lori Mazzuca. If you visit www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/natures_best_2006/gallery/humpbackwh... there's an interesting explanation of the circumstances in which she took the photo. You'll no longer find the photo on 'Lectronic, because we took it down.

http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/natures_best_2006/gallery/hum...

Some very good photos. One of my favorite:

Martyman - 2-15-2008 at 03:43 PM

Wow!
I've had that picture (whale & dolphin) up on my bulletin board at work for a couple years (i just pulled it down). I clipped it out of National Geographic. This investigative work kind of burst my bubble :no:

Natalie Ann - 2-15-2008 at 07:52 PM

Thanks BMG for the research/info. This is not only an incredible photo, her explanation for what happened is even more so.
Quote from her site:

First Place - Mammals - Professional, National Wildlife Awards

HUMPBACK WHALE AND DOLPHIN
Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Lori Mazzuca
Kailua Kona, hawaii, USA

“I was observing a strange interaction between a pair of bottlenose dolphins and a humpback whale, when it became apparent that the two species were collaborating in some way. The dolphin was lying on a humpback whale’s head while it was slowly swimming along. Looking through my camera lens the stunt appeared to be orchestrated by mutual “agreement.” The whale very slowly—and vertically—lifted the dolphin into the air. I expected the dolphin to wriggle atop the humpback’s head to get off, but it just laid still and arched, trying to stay on top of the whale’s snout. In this frame the dolphin was beginning its slippery return to the sea. Once back in the ocean, the dolphin swiftly swam away with the other dolphin, leaping joyfully as if they had just scored a coup!”

Canon EOS 10D; 70-200mm lens with 1.4x extender; digital capture.

rephrase

Sharksbaja - 2-16-2008 at 01:17 AM

Quote:

Most people don't open or resize ordinary photos in Adobe. It takes a few minutes just to launch the program. I suppose some use it for everyday simple stuff but I'd guess this is doctored.

I suppose I should have said: "I don't use Adobe to resize because it takes to long to load(on my computer) and gobbles up resources." I have other programs that do a fine and quick job of resizing.

So sorry.
I still think that pic is a work. Something odd but I can't put my mouse on it. :lol:

vandenberg - 2-16-2008 at 09:08 AM

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Some very good photos. One of my favorite:

Don King as a toddler. :?:

toneart - 2-16-2008 at 09:47 AM

Nice sleuthing, Sharks & BMG. By the way, BMG.....I can't hang with you because i am not an expert on anything. :no:

Ken Bondy - 2-16-2008 at 09:55 AM

This is mine from Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska:

This is unaltered. I think the one vandenberg posted is real also, made by Tom Mangelson, a famous wildlife photographer who did a lot of work in Alaska.

++Ken++

Ken Bondy - 2-16-2008 at 09:58 AM

Same bear, a few seconds later:

vandenberg - 2-16-2008 at 10:08 AM

Ken,
Have no pictures ( can't find them ) from a trip to the Athabasca river in B.C.
Bears lined up like anglers , dozens of them, with every one of them catching salmon. Quite a spectacle. This was in the 60's though.
Was back there in the 90's, same time of year, and , still bears there, but only a few.

Ken Bondy - 2-16-2008 at 10:34 AM

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Originally posted by vandenberg
Ken,
Have no pictures ( can't find them ) from a trip to the Athabasca river in B.C.
Bears lined up like anglers , dozens of them, with every one of them catching salmon. Quite a spectacle. This was in the 60's though.
Was back there in the 90's, same time of year, and , still bears there, but only a few.

vandenberg
I took these about ten years ago in Katmai. I thought the bears feeding on salmon here was one of the greatest sights I have ever seen in nature. There were plenty of bears in the river then, probably 10-15 in the pool below these falls. It was difficult to make a photo with only one bear in it. Hope things haven't changed too much.

++Ken++

Natalie Ann - 2-16-2008 at 10:44 AM

What wonderful photos, Ken - and what a marvelous experience, seeing that. Thanks.

Nena

BMG - 2-16-2008 at 12:36 PM

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BMG.....I can't hang with you because i am not an expert on anything. :no:

I have been known to hang out with non-experts before.

And always will when they are buying. :lol:

Skipjack Joe - 2-17-2008 at 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ken Bondy
This is mine from Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska:

This is unaltered. I think the one vandenberg posted is real also, made by Tom Mangelson, a famous wildlife photographer who did a lot of work in Alaska.

++Ken++

Just a few comments about salmon leaping up waterfalls. It's one of the most spellbinding things I've ever witnessed.

I spent several hours on the Kenai peninsula watching them work their way up the lower falls on the Russian river. I could not believe how hard that was to accomplish and how much they worked at it. Very few have the power to simply leap out of the bottom pool to the top of the falls. Most leap upwards and make it about halfway up the falls. These guys then swim up against the current to the top. What I'm trying to say is that they drop into freefalling water and just swim like crazy straight up. It's unbelievable.

Some, and I would say the majority, never jump at all. They swim up the water fall. Now just imagine that if you will. The fish has to swim through the water faster than it's dropping. It's worse than even that appears as it's not a solid wall of water they're swimming against. There are air pockets throughout and the thickness of the water mass is often not wide enough to allow the tail to generate the proper force.

I just sat and watched the entire process unfold. Most fish would swim part way up the wall of water and fall back unsuccessfully. Almost every fish would try repeatedly until finally succeeding. But occasionally a fish would appear that would just plough his way up as if nothing.

It's no wonder that bears gather at these spots.

The salmon in the picture appears to be either sockeyes or chums. It's hard to say until they get their spawning colors.

Photoshop too?

amir - 2-18-2008 at 11:14 AM

I shot this whale on the Malecon in La Paz.

Photo detectives have noticed that my whale is dry. Wouldn't it be dripping if it just breached?

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