Due to the grey whales migrating so soon we had to move on to San Ignacio Lagoon. It was a drive of 45min on a good road to the town of San Ignacio and then an hour and a half drive on basically compressed sand road littered with stones. Testing the limits to see if your joints are all attached properly.
The experience was definitely something else. We all split into groups and boarded ‘pongas’ (aka small fiberglass motor boats.) Nothing fancy at all. Basically looked like a totally open boat with some benches of the same material across it’s inner sides. Fifteen minutes out and into the protected areas we went. We had some trouble as we never found a friendly whale for ourselves, but we did witness it abundantly for others. The photography was a treat as these graceful animals would slowly rise from the shallow 40ft depth gracing us with their presence.
This is a five frame HDR composite put together with photomatrix 3 pro. The early morning sun was highlighting the top portion and the lower section of the San Ignacio Kadakaaman church (mission) was in shadow. Not great for our cameras sensors. I Pushed the detail to really ‘grunge the image’ and exagerate the detail.
Another HDR five frame composite taken from inside the church. Saturation was pushed hard. In hindsight it might be a bit much, what do you think?
This is the back a grey whale which is assumed to have had a chunk taken out of her via an orca. The ‘scabbing’ you see in the peach type color is actually hundreds if not thousands of sea lice taking blood from the wound. Yummy.
A grey whales head as she breaths through her blow hole.
This is the grey whale experience we all set out to achieve. Not all had the opportunity, but being in their presence is life changing experience.
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