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Ken Bondy
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Baja Whales
Spyhop in Laguna San Ignacio:
Big blue whale breath near Loreto:
Blue whale flukes, Loreto (Carmen in background):
Gray whale underwater:
carpe diem!
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bajamigo
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Gray whale underwater --- spectacular!
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David K
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Thanks Ken!
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Pacifico
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Beautiful pics Ken! I always enjoy your work.....
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
Gray whale underwater --- spectacular! |
I agree.
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Eli
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Thanks Ken Bondy, You always bring the best to this board.
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BAJACAT
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This could be good material for 2011 Baja calendar..Thanks Ken... you always wow me with your pix..
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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Barry A.
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Ken-----------I don't know anybody that can catch marine-Baja like you can. Wonderful shots!! I echo everybody else's comments.
Thank You,
Barry
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BajaBruno
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Coast Guard San Francisco broadcast two days ago that there were so many whales off the Golden Gate that they were a hazard to navigation. Are they
going north or south? Seems an odd time for either direction.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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Mexitron
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Beautiful!
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what great shots !!! I agree with BajaCat about adding on to the calendar !!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
This could be good material for 2011 Baja calendar..Thanks Ken... you always wow me with your pix.. |
Ken's photos have been in past Baja Calendars...
Including this one (that deserved some kind of award!):
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gracias hermano...I needed a whale fix.
Bruno...any more info on those whales in San Fran? What kind of whales? it is odd.
Not to highjack this thread but to add a little whale ditty...one lovely dawn morning a few miles off La Paz I was just waking up on the deck of the
Ferry. When I opened my eyes and gazed out to sea I was startled by a huge splash in the ocean. It was so large my immediate thought was that a plane
had crashed.
I jumped up thinking I should report it to the bridge in case no one else had seen it...everyone else seemed to be still asleep. I kept my eyes on the
spot looking for debris and saw another explosion...hmm...2 plane crashes in the same spot...nahhhh.
a moment later 2 enormous backs emerged...blue whales!! it was the first time I had ever seen a blue whale and it seemed like 2 minutes went by before
the fin finally came into view...those babies are HUGE!!!! The spouts must have been their first exhale after being down a very long time...what an
explosion!
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Always enjoys your photos! That one under the water is just fantastic---what a thrill to be able to see that and then be able to take such a great
picture. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Kuyima---great outfit and San Ignacio is always my favorite. 
Still working on a book?
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Ken Bondy
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Thank you all for your kind words!! @sis - I know what you mean about blues. What an emotional thing it is to see them for the first time. There
are lots of humpbacks and a pretty good pod of blues off the central coast of California right now, feeding on a huge bloom of krill. Blues and
humpbacks are seen every day from the whalewatch boats out of Morro Bay.
carpe diem!
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
Always enjoys your photos! That one under the water is just fantastic---what a thrill to be able to see that and then be able to take such a great
picture. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Kuyima---great outfit and San Ignacio is always my favorite.
Still working on a book? |
Thanks Diane. The book, such as it is, is finished and on my website
http://www.kenbondy.com/Journeys.htm
It was fun writing it and I still get some nice comments from people who stumble onto it. I wrote it primarily for my grandkids and it has served
that purpose very well.
Saludos, ++Ken++
carpe diem!
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DianaT
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Ken,
I remember when you were working on it, but did not know it was completed! I will check it out!
Diane
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Thanks for sharing your photography Ken. The book looks fantastic. Your grandchildren must be in awe. Jim
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Skipjack Joe
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I gotta tell you, Ken. I can't put your book down.
It made me think of this fella. I can't remember the last one I saw in the California intertide. We found him on baja's pacific side. Alex wasn't too
impressed at first. I reached down deep and pulled the gelatinous mess out into a tide pool. And then the ears came out and he started scooting
around. After a fair amount of Alex's attention he started to release his purple dye. It was amazing! The tidepool looked like wine. It was so strong
you that it obscured the bottom. I swear, it was like a tub of wine in there.Eventually I pulled him out and back to the sea where he sank and
vanished into it's mystery.
No, the pic isn't mine. I just don't know why I lack the sense to photograph the things that matter.
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Pompano
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Gorgeous, Ken..simply gorgeous. I 've been visiting many aquariums lately and your photos rival any living visages. Bravo, my friend.
I usually get a very distant photo of the whales we encounter while fishing the Cortez. But, it's better than not seeing them at all.
I'm going to get your book. Thanks in advance.
[Edited on 8-4-2010 by Pompano]
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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