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.
Website: www.lerako.net
Flying Giants by Nicolas Rakotopare was photo of the day on Sunday, 14th September 2008. It is tagged Whales. You can leave a comment below.
24 Comments
a.
Both beautiful and moving. Great shot!
Katherine Lee Strassburg
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
Deep blue sea is just wonderful.
THX for sharing.
Laura
Absolutely beautiful. The viewpoint makes it very special I think.
Leslie
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
Gorgeous shot but you didn’t tell us which Island.
yoan eynaud
hello rako, what an incredible shot !
I’m actually a friend of Ludovic, the climber , the surfer etc…
Très joli photos
jacques bégin
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
What a treat this picture is!!! Beautiful blue water and amazing creatures, including the one taking the picture.
Nicolas Rakotopare
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
Thats pretty awesome shot. Unique and impressive.
Anurag
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
Without doubts this is a unique shot. I cannot but congratulate myself with this wonderful shot. the blue and these marvelous mammals.
poster boy
Magical!
TomBrooklyn
Very unusual perspective of a wonderful subject. Well done.
planet lover
Check out the October issue of National Geographic. There are whale pictures very similar to this one!
yoan eynaud
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
As a HUGE supporter of our PLANET and our dwindling wildlife and natural beauty, I simply APPLAUD this effort and valuable perspective!!!
Nicolas Rakotopare
Merci yoann
@planet lover : i’ll check for sure !
Su
This is just wonderful, I envy you,
Rajib Singha
Birds eye view of whales! Spectacular.
Renee
I’m so intrigue by this shot! Wow! Congrats!
mike
Great overhead view of them moving. Very nice.
Deborah Flowers
Stunning and oh so beautiful! A perfect visual!