Flying Giants by Nicolas Rakotopare

Sunday, 14th September 2008

Flying Giants

by Nicolas Rakotopare

my last day on the island, i saw those giants everyday vacation days, i really wanted to get a new point of view. So i flew, and we saw them. It is totaly incredible the sensation you can get sitting in a little plane without doors taking pics of those beautilful whales …

Equipment: 40D + 70-200 f4 L

Nicolas Rakotopare

Began numeric reflex 8 month ago. Loves every type of pictures particullary Nature shots.
Living between paris and reunion island and australia soon.

www.lerako.net

23 Comments

a. Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 2:06 am
Both beautiful and moving. Great shot!
Katherine Lee Strassburg Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 3:17 am
What a marvelous new viewpoint. The sea becomes the sky…..the ‘footprints’ and the bubbles become cirrus clouds…and the singing giants become a pair of prehistoric birds. WOW! You have a great imagination and a wonderful eye. Tres bien!
realimage Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Deep blue sea is just wonderful.
THX for sharing.
Laura Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Absolutely beautiful. The viewpoint makes it very special I think.
Leslie Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
So much better to enjoy the whales this way
rather than barfing my guts out on whale
watching boat off the Maine coast. Hardly
any of the 100 passengers kept their
lunch down. Great photo shot by the way.
Pauline Jones Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Gorgeous shot but you didn’t tell us which Island.
yoan eynaud Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
hello rako, what an incredible shot !
I’m actually a friend of Ludovic, the climber , the surfer etc…
Très joli photos
jacques bégin Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
o doubts a great shot, but my early thought was of the two airplanes on their way to Japan in 1945 to drop their lethal cargo on populations. In order not to be a party poo per, I want to emphasize the peaceful nature of these wonderful mammals and hope pictures like theses help to curb their extinction by hunting and all the
poison we drop in the oceans like cargo’s refuse and used up engine oil and nasty excrement pipes in the ocean (Victoria BC Canada)to get rid of dirty water instead of treating it to be reused again.
planet lover Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
What a treat this picture is!!! Beautiful blue water and amazing creatures, including the one taking the picture.
Nicolas Rakotopare Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Thanks to all. Like I said on my blog (still not translated) this year was incredibely good for whales near reunion island, so I hope it will be better all the upcoming years.

@yoann : yeah he told me about you, you`re a friend of thomas also ?
Andrew Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Thats pretty awesome shot. Unique and impressive.
Anurag Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Really like the spray of the spout.

Just as a curiosity I took your image and rotated it by 180 degrees in PS. It did present an interesting look.
Malta Photography Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Without doubts this is a unique shot. I cannot but congratulate myself with this wonderful shot. the blue and these marvelous mammals.
poster boy Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Magical!
TomBrooklyn Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Very unusual perspective of a wonderful subject. Well done.
planet lover Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Check out the October issue of National Geographic. There are whale pictures very similar to this one!
yoan eynaud Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
ouai je connais très bien Thomas en effet , qui a gagné 15 fois ici au moin lol,en tout cas tes photos sont belles.
sue gagnon Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
As a HUGE supporter of our PLANET and our dwindling wildlife and natural beauty, I simply APPLAUD this effort and valuable perspective!!!
Nicolas Rakotopare Says:
September 16th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Merci yoann

@planet lover : i’ll check for sure !
Su Says:
September 14th, 2009 at 7:53 am
This is just wonderful, I envy you,
Rajib Singha Says:
September 16th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Birds eye view of whales! Spectacular.
Renee Says:
September 16th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
I’m so intrigue by this shot! Wow! Congrats!
mike Says:
December 7th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Great overhead view of them moving. Very nice.