Whales For Lunch

[Frank OO]

The weather had been perfect for almost a week so Sheila and I decided to go out early on Friday morning. We left from Spinnaker Sound Marina located just on the mainland side of Bribie Island and headed out to The Trench. I had seen a lot of bait there recently had although the water temperature was only 21 degrees it was still worth a troll.
We had trolled for about two hours when we came upon a small rise on the bottom so we decided to drop a few plastics and have some lunch and a cup of coffee.
The Whales have been around for a few months now so it wasn’t out of the ordinary to see a few around but there were a couple that obviously liked the aroma of our coffee.
I thought that I would share a couple of Photos for those of you who don’t get the opportunity to see what we take for granted.
Frank OO

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[backlash08]

Great pics - thanks Frank00

cheers - Craig

[lizard bribie]

;D great photos frank must be good coffee cheers lizard bribie;)

[aerordauto]

Excellent Photos There Franko, Nature At Its Best.
Thanks Mark.

[Fish_gutz]

Great Pictures Frank Thanks for that.
ps. Hows that shed going? have you done anything yet?

[Frank OO]

Hi Andrew,

No not yet mate. It must be too hard for the average Plasterer.

Frank OO

[seapup]

Top photos Frank they are very clear. How many megapixels is your camera?
Cheers,
Benny.

[Nic]

How awesome to see whales so close to the boat. Thanks for sharing such great pics!

[skipalong]

nice pics frank your sure were close we went out saturday and on t way back in we were as close if not closer 12ft from a marlin feeding on a bait school it was elctric blue a beautiful sight we circled it but no hits was a school of about 4 bait was about 12 inches long

[trueblue]

Great photos there Frank. thanks for sharing them.

We saw a single big bull whale on Friday out near the banks. When it surfaced coming directly towards us it looked every bit as wide as the boat...

cheers

Mick

[Frank OO]

Hi Benny I am lucky to have a Canon 40D with some nice lenses. Pictures are about 12 Megapixels.

Thank you for your comments and especially yoursSkipalong..

Now I am excited.

Frank OO

[davez104]

Nice photos Frank. I have a 40D too, just wondering what lens you used for those pics?

Thanks,
Dave.

[Frank OO]

Hi Dave,

I have two lenses both Canon with image stabilisers. Don't quote me but the first is a 75-135mm Zoom that normally comes with the 5D andcond is a 75-200mm zoom.

I will have to check the lenses to make sure.

Frank OO

[Fishbait]

Beautiful - and you get all this for free as well. We live in such a great part of the world here at Bribie.

[Frank OO]

Hi Dave,

The Lenses are as follows:

I use a combination of the Cannon 300D and the Cannon 40D. I have combined that with a CANON EF 24-105MM F4.0L IS USM ZOOMLENS (http://www.photocontinental.com.au/ishop/stock/item/101000259600) and a CANON EF 70-200mm f4.0L IS USM LENS (http://www.photocontinental.com.au/ishop/stock/item/101002565100). Both lenses use the image stabiliser system.

Darren,

That is why we live here.

Frank OO

[davez104]

L series lenses, nice, expensive but nice. I have the 70-200 that you mentioned but haven't had a chance to put it through its paces yet. A trip to bathurst coming up in a few weeks should sort that ;)

Thanks,
Dave.

[Frank OO]

Hi Dave,

I hope you are flying cauise it is a long way to drive. Ihad totally forgotten about Bathurst as the year is flying past.

Have fun.

Frank OO

[davez104]

Don't be crazy, the road trip is half the experience. It's going to be a long drive from central Qld though, thats for sure.

Dave.