dolphins diving for these schools of fish at Nags Head

mtbdudex · 8th of July 2012 (Sun)

Monday July 2nd, on 1 week family vacation enjoying the NC Outer Banks beach, then the sea came alive with dolphins diving for these schools of fish.
One of the coolest things we have ever seen, like being in a Planet Earth documentary.

I shot this with my Canon T1i and 70-200mm lens with 2x TC.
This is one of the best ones, kinda hard at 400mm getting them in focus.
Plus, imagine myself in swim shorts with 3 kids running along the beach taking pictures, as the fish school and dolphins were moving parallel to the shore.
They were between 2 sand bars at low tide.
There are 3 dolphins here, the 1 you see and the 2 attacking the school of fish.

rick_reno · 8th of July 2012 (Sun)

Nice fish are out of the water, great catch with that shot

mtbdudex · 20th of July 2012 (Fri)

Here's a tighter crop of the fish

a few seconds later the dolphins in water but this fish 2 feet jumped high!

This is a baby dolphin resting, there is another parent in back of them, you can see the darkness in the water

of these "decent" ones there were literally about 150+ of waves, out of focus, etc. When you are shooting 400mm lens very narrow depth of field.

This swimmer and the dolphins were about 15-20 feet apart!

mtbdudex · 20th of July 2012 (Fri)

Side bar:
I took each of my 3 kids into the water, so they could feel the school of fish hitting their body and be close to the dolphins.

Since just me and them, while mom was left behind as we ran 1/3 mile down down the beach, guess who took these?
My young kids!
There was a huge crowd watching the dolphins, then they watched me as I showed my young kids to hold a DSLR with a big white "L" lens and 2xTC on it and "press the button".

huntersdad · 20th of July 2012 (Fri)

I live here in NC and have never seen them do this - until about 4 weeks ago in Atlantic Beach. Pretty cool to watch them go crazy. The bait fish is menhaden - caught for their oils and used frequently as bait for in-shore and near shore fishing. When used as bait, you can tell when they get are getting ready to get eaten as the line goes crazy.

Cool pics. Bet the kids enjoyed seeing that.

8th of July 2012 (Sun)	#1
mtbdudex Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,131 IMAGE EDITING OK	dolphins diving for these schools of fish at Nags Head Monday July 2nd, on 1 week family vacation enjoying the NC Outer Banks beach, then the sea came alive with dolphins diving for these schools of fish. One of the coolest things we have ever seen, like being in a Planet Earth documentary. I shot this with my Canon T1i and 70-200mm lens with 2x TC. This is one of the best ones, kinda hard at 400mm getting them in focus. Plus, imagine myself in swim shorts with 3 kids running along the beach taking pictures, as the fish school and dolphins were moving parallel to the shore. They were between 2 sand bars at low tide. There are 3 dolphins here, the 1 you see and the 2 attacking the school of fish. __________________ Mike R, P.E. .....iMac 27"(i7), iPad2, iPhone4, 24" iMac, AppleTV(160), MacBook Canon: T1i + lens:70-200 L f2.8 IS II / TC 1.4x 2x / 15-85 / f1.4 50; FEISOL tripod CT-3441S + CB-40D Ball Head Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 800 CGEM Schmidt-Cassegrain + gear My top 10 in Astrophotography. . .DIY acoustic panels

8th of July 2012 (Sun)	#2
rick_reno Cream of the Crop Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 42,424	Re: dolphins diving for these schools of fish at Nags Head Nice fish are out of the water, great catch with that shot

20th of July 2012 (Fri)	#3
mtbdudex Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,131 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: dolphins diving for these schools of fish at Nags Head Here's a tighter crop of the fish a few seconds later the dolphins in water but this fish 2 feet jumped high! This is a baby dolphin resting, there is another parent in back of them, you can see the darkness in the water of these "decent" ones there were literally about 150+ of waves, out of focus, etc. When you are shooting 400mm lens very narrow depth of field. This swimmer and the dolphins were about 15-20 feet apart! __________________ Mike R, P.E. .....iMac 27"(i7), iPad2, iPhone4, 24" iMac, AppleTV(160), MacBook Canon: T1i + lens:70-200 L f2.8 IS II / TC 1.4x 2x / 15-85 / f1.4 50; FEISOL tripod CT-3441S + CB-40D Ball Head Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 800 CGEM Schmidt-Cassegrain + gear My top 10 in Astrophotography. . .DIY acoustic panels

20th of July 2012 (Fri)	#4
mtbdudex Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,131 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: dolphins diving for these schools of fish at Nags Head Side bar: I took each of my 3 kids into the water, so they could feel the school of fish hitting their body and be close to the dolphins. Since just me and them, while mom was left behind as we ran 1/3 mile down down the beach, guess who took these? My young kids! There was a huge crowd watching the dolphins, then they watched me as I showed my young kids to hold a DSLR with a big white "L" lens and 2xTC on it and "press the button". __________________ Mike R, P.E. .....iMac 27"(i7), iPad2, iPhone4, 24" iMac, AppleTV(160), MacBook Canon: T1i + lens:70-200 L f2.8 IS II / TC 1.4x 2x / 15-85 / f1.4 50; FEISOL tripod CT-3441S + CB-40D Ball Head Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 800 CGEM Schmidt-Cassegrain + gear My top 10 in Astrophotography. . .DIY acoustic panels

20th of July 2012 (Fri)	#5
huntersdad Goldmember Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,019 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: dolphins diving for these schools of fish at Nags Head I live here in NC and have never seen them do this - until about 4 weeks ago in Atlantic Beach. Pretty cool to watch them go crazy. The bait fish is menhaden - caught for their oils and used frequently as bait for in-shore and near shore fishing. When used as bait, you can tell when they get are getting ready to get eaten as the line goes crazy. Cool pics. Bet the kids enjoyed seeing that. __________________ D800 / D7100 / D7000 / 24-120 / 70-200 / 300 2.8 / SB-910 WEBSITE / Facebook

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