Nan & I just got back from a two week trip to Baja California. It was a spectacular trip!!!
I'll use this thread to give trip details, but most of the photos will be in "Birds and Animals" and in Landscapes. I'll put links to those photos here as I get around to all the photo posts.
We went with Lindblad Expeditions. We have traveled with them many times and they do an exceptional job. http://www.expeditions.com/
They do several different trips to Baja, depending on the wildlife available at the time.
If you want to see (and maybe even touch) the Grey Whales you need to look at the one week trip Among the Great Whales We have done this trip twice (1992 and 1997) but this time we took a two-week version called Baja: A Remarkable Journey (not yet on the 2008 schedule, but should be soon). They usually only do the two-week version once a year at the end of the Grey Whale season.
I see Lindblad has added the 2-week Remarkable Journey information for 2008. Here is a link: Remarkable Journey 2008
Some of their trips are listed as Photo Expeditions, where there is an emphasis on photography. This means extra landings (or zodiac cruises) at sunrise or sunset, "cruising for composition", some lectures on photography, expert help available (we had Bob Krist from National Geographic and Ralph Lee Hopkins from Lindblad Expeditions. Maybe 40% of the passengers are interested in photography.
You need to develop some special techniques to shoot from Zodiacs or Kayaks, like how to keep or clean whale snot off your lenses:biggrin: You get to do a lot of leveling in photoshop because the little boats bounce around a lot.
This trip needs to be on your wish list.
I'll add more as I think of it.
Bob and Nan
I'll use this thread to give trip details, but most of the photos will be in "Birds and Animals" and in Landscapes. I'll put links to those photos here as I get around to all the photo posts.
We went with Lindblad Expeditions. We have traveled with them many times and they do an exceptional job. http://www.expeditions.com/
They do several different trips to Baja, depending on the wildlife available at the time.
If you want to see (and maybe even touch) the Grey Whales you need to look at the one week trip Among the Great Whales We have done this trip twice (1992 and 1997) but this time we took a two-week version called Baja: A Remarkable Journey (not yet on the 2008 schedule, but should be soon). They usually only do the two-week version once a year at the end of the Grey Whale season.
I see Lindblad has added the 2-week Remarkable Journey information for 2008. Here is a link: Remarkable Journey 2008
Some of their trips are listed as Photo Expeditions, where there is an emphasis on photography. This means extra landings (or zodiac cruises) at sunrise or sunset, "cruising for composition", some lectures on photography, expert help available (we had Bob Krist from National Geographic and Ralph Lee Hopkins from Lindblad Expeditions. Maybe 40% of the passengers are interested in photography.
You need to develop some special techniques to shoot from Zodiacs or Kayaks, like how to keep or clean whale snot off your lenses:biggrin: You get to do a lot of leveling in photoshop because the little boats bounce around a lot.
This trip needs to be on your wish list.
I'll add more as I think of it.
Bob and Nan
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