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We went on a whale watching outing last evening. It was pretty spectacular as whale watching goes with 4 different whale breaches. Photographing a whale breaching is very difficult. You have to be very lucky. Trying to photograph whales is something I do with my camera instead of my iPhone because of the telephoto lens. A whale watching boat is not allowed to approach within 100 yards of a whale so the telephoto is necessary. The challenge with my camera is getting the camera to focus. To focus at a distance, you must depress the shutter button slightly, wait for the lens to focus, and then press completely to shoot. If you wait to start the process when you see a whale breach, you miss the photo. What you get is the splash that follows after the whale disappears into the water. 

Photographing whale backs or tails or sometimes heads is far easier. You have enough time to focus and shoot. We saw one whale that seemed to be standing on its head with its tail out of the water for minutes. The captain thought the young whale may have been trying to sing. 
The second shot is more typical as the whale is rolling into a dive and the last thing you see is a tail. 

I am guessing the kids will want to go out on a boat when they arrive so I will have more opportunities. The breach is not an impossible shot. Maybe I will try video.