Leaping Dolphins in Hawaii

  All season we had been looking for pantropical spotted dolphins with no luck. Finally last week we spotted a huge pod of playful spotteds. The wind was nonexistent so the ocean was glassy, giving off some interesting reflections of the dolphins when they would jump. The guests were delighted with the dolphins riding the bow wave but I was more interested in the one riding our stern wake.

  I always tell my photography classes to try and get pictures of animals coming towards you. This will make the scene more dramatic and shows your audience that you were not scaring the animal. It also shows some expertise, and that you either put yourself in the right position, have researched and put in the time with your subject, got lucky, or a combination of all of them.

 Check out more pictures of dolphins on my photo site: http://www.daimarsphotos.com/Wildlife/Dolphins/