Dolphin Watching! Lots of Common Dolphins

My family (myself, husband, and 1 year old daughter) plus about 8 of my husband's family, all went on a 4 day cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico last week and just got back yesterday. By far, my favorite part of the trip was dolphin watching. We saw a pod of 100+ Common Dolphins! This was my first time photographing dolphins with anything other than a point and shoot. I'm also trying out my first watermark so tell me what you folks think about it. Enough babbling, now onto pictures!

Stunning shots great exsposure great timing ,water marks are bit small all most not seen

Beautiful shots! Excellent color, crisp, and composition. I personally like the small and inconspicuous watermarks because it doesn't take away from the photograph. Also, I do small inconspicuous watermarks because if someone steals the photo and posts it on another site, I could be able to tell the site exactly what my watermark says and where it's located. But that's just my opinion.

kingsown wrote in post #15511222
Stunning shots great exsposure great timing ,water marks are bit small all most not seen

Thanks so much!! I had a blast taking these pictures. There is nothing like being eye to eye with wild dolphins. I tried slightly bigger less transparent watermarks, but it didnt quite work with the pic.

sgribbin wrote in post #15511408
Beautiful shots! Excellent color, crisp, and composition. I personally like the small and inconspicuous watermarks because it doesn't take away from the photograph. Also, I do small inconspicuous watermarks because if someone steals the photo and posts it on another site, I could be able to tell the site exactly what my watermark says and where it's located. But that's just my opinion.

That's kind of what I was thinking, too. The watermarks are readable if you're looking for them, but not completely obvious. This is a temporary watermark, as I will be making a prettier one eventually as I get better at gimp.

Just uploaded several more to the set on Flickr. Just click the link at the bottom of the original post.

Wow, great catch on the first one with the dolphin actually leaving the water, talk about spot on timing!

L.J.G. wrote in post #15520757
Wow, great catch on the first one with the dolphin actually leaving the water, talk about spot on timing!

Thank you very much!