Like a Lilliputian

Me with Whale Here’s a photo juxtaposing me at 20 metres depth with a male humpback whale on his way up for a breath of air. Talk about feeling small! Even though I spend a lot of time in the water, I don’t have many photos of myself, since I’m usually behind the lens, not in front.

Allowing for the fact that I’m closer to the person who took this photo than the whale is, and also that there’s some foreshortening of the whale since it’s facing away from the photographer, this photo should provide a sense of scale..the bull whale is probably about six times my body size. This was one of three very relaxed whales that we “hung out” with one afternoon. The two males came up right next to us from time-to-time to breathe, while the female spent relatively more time at depth, just chilling out and relishing the attention of the other two whales.

Technorati Tags: Humpback Whale, Tonga, Underwater Photography

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11 Responses to “Like a Lilliputian”

Kiyomi
02 Sep 06 07:33
1

Tony；Thank you so mach for your Exciting Blog in Tonga Tour 2006.
Bon Voyage ~”　　　(Breakfast)
Chieko
02 Sep 06 22:15
2

Hi Tony and Emi-san,

I am most honored to be put my photo on your blog.
I enjoyed in Tonga with you.
Thank you very much for your kindness.
I hope to meet you again.

Chieko
tony
03 Sep 06 09:36
3

Kiyomi, Chieko, thank you very much, and see you soon. ４０時間以上をかけて、やっとシンガポールに戻った！ゆっくり休みたいけど、やることが多すぎる。。。
kiyomi
03 Sep 06 20:03
4

お疲れさま〜
深部の静脈の血液は大丈夫？
そうだよね〜写真とかって撮ったら終わりではないものね〜
いつか、Kiyomiにとびっきりのくじらの写真を大きくして
額に入れて売ってね(＾-＾)ノ~~
tony
03 Sep 06 21:16
5

Kiyomi, あのぐらいの深さでは圧力は体中に同じだから、問題ないです。Scubaだったら、場合にいよって問題になる可能性ある。
kiyomi
04 Sep 06 11:45
6

ごめんなさ〜い！
TonyはEconomy-seat ではないかもしれないけれど、
長時間機内でじっとしてただとうから、
Economy syndrome(深部静脈血栓症)は大丈夫かな？と思って〜
ごめんね〜
TAGO
04 Sep 06 20:28
7

ちえちゃんの写真すごいね！
大迫力だよ☆
いいな～！来年は私もクジラと一緒に撮ってもらえる場面にめぐりあいたーーいい！！
tony
04 Sep 06 20:35
8

Kiyomi, ああごめん、意味がよく分からなかった。Economy syndromeになる人は大体運動してない人じゃない？

Tago,　Chiekoより、モデルがよかったよ！:-)
Chieko
05 Sep 06 19:43
9

A famous soccer player got economy syndrome because of his hurt on the leg in Japan. I think Kiyomi worries about whether your hurt wolud cause economy syndrome while your long floght to Songapore.

I have same thought of Tony that Tony is a good model because it is better than my photo with Taka.

TAGO お褒めいただいてありがとう！
来年は一緒に写真とりましょう、ピースサインしながら♪
tony
05 Sep 06 21:12
10

そうか。僕のことを心配していたのか。じゃ、今度businessの席の料金をkiyomiに出してもらうとその心配はないよね。。。
kiyomi
06 Sep 06 19:49
11

Emikoさんから聞いちゃった〜？
私達会えなくって残念ね(ToT)/~~~せめて写真集にサインしておいて下さいませんか〜2冊ほど、1冊はKiyomi宛に、1は宛名なしで〜水中カメラのお店のお土産に！
まずは小さなところからBusiness-Seatめざして(^^ゞでも、貯まったMailで充分Up-Gradeできるんでしょ♪
Chiekoさんたらお優しい方ね〜