Wild Baja - Humpback whales, sharks, sea lions, mobulas, dolphins...

[Premo83]

I did a short video from a couple land based trips in Baja California Sur, Mexico (La Paz and Cabo San Lucas). We did see Humpback whales, silky sharks, sea lions, dolphins, mobula rays and a very curious turtle. It was shot with a Sony A6500 in a Nauticam housing (10-18mm F4 lens and 16mm 2.8 lens with fish eye converter), drone shots were done with the mavic pro. I hope you enjoy.

 

[matdiver]

Hey, that's excellent! really enjoyed it.
Thx for sharing it here.
Cheers,
Matt

 

[Premo83]

Hey, that's excellent! really enjoyed it.
Thx for sharing it here.
Cheers,
Matt

Thanks Matt, glad you liked it.

 

[A.Y.]

Really like the shot of the sealion appearing from a school of fish! Very dramatic!

How is A6500 underwater manual white balance capabilities? Did you use a filter?

 

[Premo83]

Really like the shot of the sealion appearing from a school of fish! Very dramatic!

How is A6500 underwater manual white balance capabilities? Did you use a filter?

Thanks. I didn't use a filter and the manual white balance is a pain. Quite often I get the infamous sony white balance error but overall I'm happy with the camera.

 

[cephalopod2]

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing. When were you diving there and who did you go out with (looks like you did a pelagic safari trip)? I was in CSL in late Dec but we were told we missed the schooling rays.

 

[Dan]

Wow! Fantastic video!

Socorro next?

 

[Premo83]

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing. When were you diving there and who did you go out with (looks like you did a pelagic safari trip)? I was in CSL in late Dec but we were told we missed the schooling rays.

Thanks. I went a couple days with Pelagic Safari and some others with Cabo Shark Dive. The schooling rays we actually saw early January 3rd or so. But it was right at sunset so there wasn't enough light for a good video. The days before we didn't see any rays, so I got lucky.

 

[Premo83]

Wow! Fantastic video!

Socorro next?

Thanks. Yes Socorro next. I was there over x-mas and now working on that video.

 

[Dan]

Thanks. Yes Socorro next. I was there over x-mas and now working on that video.

We must have missed each other. Which liveaboard were you on? I was there over x-mas too on Nautilus Undersea, Socorro 22-30 December, 2018 Trip Report