Some people would go through the EXTENTS, to GET the good shots of animals, despite how they might be disturbing them in their natural habitat, this is NOT environmentally friendly, at A-L-L!!! Translated…
Going into the oceans to swim with the whales and the dolphins is not only a test of one’s own bodily strengths, but most of the time, it’s, based off of luck, like the weather, the location of the mammals, the whales and the dolphins general well-being. These past few years, in order to photograph dolphins and whales, I’d gone to certain spots annually. Although these places are all located at various corners of the world, but, the tourists seemed to follow a general set of unspoken rules, for instance, the ships shouldn’t rush into the midst of the pod too quickly, or blocking the passage of their travel, to NOT allow the divers to dive in right on top of the sea mammals.
A short while ago, I’d gone to Sri Lanka again. The first time in 2012, that was pretty productive; the second time in 2016, because we were tricked into hiring the illegal ships, and after we’d realized it, we’d, stopped the trip instantly; this is the third time, we planned, to film the world’s largest creature in eight days—the blue whale, or the sperm whales in a pod.
for a good shot…
waiting, for the animals…photo from online…
But, the first few days, the waves were too rough, the sea, too choppy, we’d slashed the days out on the open seas in half. Waiting until the weather was better, I couldn’t help but go and seek out the blowhole and the tail lifts of the blue whales, but, in a few day’s time, I’d found, that a lot of ships, in order to allow the tourists to get the shots they wanted, they’d chased after the whales that’s come up to get a breath of air, and blocked them in their way, and made these whales that originally took seven, to ten breaths in their leisure before they dove down deep only get three, to four breaths, then, they were all, forced to dive back into the depth again. Do think about it, when you’re desperately in need of a breath, and only allowed two, three short breaths, how would that make you feel………
On our last day out at sea, we’d just, parked the ship to the farthest corner, and frowned, and watched those three, four ships slammed on the brakes, caving the whales in. At that precise moment, I’d seemed to not care a whole lot about not getting into the water, and filming the blue whales anymore. At four in the afternoon, after all those other ships left, then, we’d headed into the water to seek out the chances to take the shots, but, we’d not gotten any.
I’d gone to Sri Lanka a couple of times, and, I was touched by everything I’d bumped into there, it’d confirmed my own belief system: a right photo always beats a good photo. Naturally, I’d have to also thank those shipmasters who’d liked the whales, the dolphins, and the oceans, with the firm beliefs, along with the two blacktide foolish friends of mine with whom I’d shared the same sentiments, who are happy, that our trip ended the way it had.
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and this, is a protected specieis that’s been caught too! Photo from online…
Although we didn’t get what we wanted to get, but, I’d, taken my smile back to shore. Just like I’d told my two young children at home, “We didn’t BULLY the whales, because we wanted to get good pictures!”
And so, this, is what’s currently happening, not just in photographing these large sea mammals, but basically, all the species of wildlife too, humans WANT to get the shots, and sometimes, they do ANY and EVERYTHING possible, to DISTURB the animals in their living environment, making the animals feel unsafe, and less likely to return, and, you’re only, DESTROYING the opportunities of sighting of the SAME species of rare animals for your children, and their children, AND their children, how’s that environmental friendly, huh???
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