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These dolphins were sighted in the Strait of Hormuz, just of the Musandam Peninsula which is part of the Sultanate of Oman. I believe there are two different species swimming together here. Help me ID them so that I can create two separate spottings.
Spotted in a fjord-like inlet near Khasab.
Better known as a strategic hotpoint, the Strait of Hormuz is actually a cetacean hotspot and home to many species of whales, orcas and dolphins.
Congrats Daniele, your spotting is featured in the Project Noah blog -http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/55343021040/sea-mammals-and-the-entertainment-industry
What photogenic creatures. I love dolphins, and this is a great example of why.
Thanks again Viv! The explanations were pretty basic as they were meant for the young person who asked:-)
Beautiful spotting Daniele! Very informative and useful details of achieving such a great series
Thank you jakewade97, chebeague7, chebeague8 and BrennaHyatt!
@chebeague7, for this shot I used a Nikon D40 camera. It is a pretty basic camera, but it works with interchangeable lenses so the lens made the difference here. The lens was a telelens (it allows to photograph objects in the distance), with an image stabilization system (this compensate for small movements in the camera with can get the image blurred). I used a fast shutter speed (this means that the camera's shutter opens and closes very fast so that the moving dolphin is sharp and appears frozen in one spot), and I was lying along the boat with the camera resting on a bean bag to further minimize shakes. Now the trick there is to carefully observe the dolphins: follow them swimming underwater and after a while you'll be able to guess when they are about to jump out:-). This is great experience, and I hope you can do this one day!
BTW I need to update this spotting: the first 3 are Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins and I need to separate the last to.
Oui cette serie est magic ! Waw j 'espere que tu fera d enormes impression-photos avec celles-ci :)) Bravo tres beau travail je n avais encore jamais vu d'aussi belle photos de dauphins , du bonbon pour les yeux ;)
Beautiful!! Now that you've broken the pair of dolphins up, you get to use more pictures!! I'm jealous!!!
Laurie ,you should see her picture of the Bengal Tiger. That was her first spotting too.
Laurie, thank you very much!
Emma, I am emailing you the address to this document.