Theme 01 - 15 October, 2009: Marine Mammals

[alcina]

Thanks to Catherine & Deefstes for our new theme: Marine Mammals. This is the time to show your whales, dolphins, walruses, dugongs, manatees, seals, sea lions, otters ... if it's a mammal and it primarily lives in the ocean it qualifies!

Here's a cheesy humpback whale tail shot to get us started:

 

[parabolic]

OK, so it's not underwater:

My daughter Coleen and a friend:

Bottlenose dolphin:

Gray whale:

Manatee:

 

[alcina]

Otter FTW - I lurv sea otters

 

[Jeff Toorish]

A couple of my favorite sea mammals!

 

[Dr. Doug Ebersole]

Everyone loves dolphins. These were all taken on a single trip with Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures (Bahamas & Palm Beach, Florida Scuba Diving :: Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures) this past June.

 

[AndyT]

Red Sea 2006

 

[Hammerhead]

Just to show I was there, and kicking like hell to get out of the way!

Humpback whale; South Africa, June 2008: -

15mm fisheye lens - I get pretty close...

Oh, and here's some lurved-up dolphins from the same trip.

Galapagos, October 2008: -

Not necessarily in the water...

Little ones

And back in the drink...

 

[Bora_Horza]

Here's a dolphin jumping at Komodo:

 

[parabolic]

Red Sea sunset:

 

[sharky60]

Yikes!! Got me stumped 2 themes in a row!!!

nice work by all once again...are those baby seals tooooooo cute!?