I’ve learned it is better for me to observe than capture. Besides the fact I am utterly helpless with even an automatic camera, look-at-me moments happen frequently here and quickly – very quickly. By the time I’ve grabbed the camera, (or found the camera,) adjusted a setting and flung myself to the nearest vantage point, the moon usually slips behind a cloud, an eagle passes, the seal dives, the rainbow softens.
Posts Tagged ‘Orca whales’
Big picture, little camera
Posted in Island life, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, tagged Codfish Lane, Humor, Marine life, Nature, Orca whales, Orcas Island, Salish Sea, Travel on June 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Whale Writer, the unexpected chapter
Posted in Island life, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, tagged Killer whales, Marine life, Orca whales, Orcas Island, Salish Sea, Travel on June 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I can see with my own eyes now an extension of black form leaping from the water; an orca whale is breaching. It’s like the Thanksgiving Day Parade, Fourth of July fireworks and Christmas lighting ceremony all rolled into one. “Wow, wow, wow,” are the only words I can muster, the only words that fit the moment.
