Sogod Bay, Philippines - March 3rd to 9th: Whalesharks!

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The fruits of my trip to Peter's Dive Resort - highly recommended!

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Thanks for viewing.

The rest of my pics can be viewed here.

Rohan

 

[lovells19]

wahhh did u photoshop? the vis so good ah!?

nice!! especially no. 5

 

[RSU]

wahhh did u photoshop? the vis so good ah!?

nice!! especially no. 5

Thanks!

The vis was actually quite good. Some photoshopping to remove some specks and (ahem :embrass: ) air bubbles on the port, but very minimal. Glad you like #5, but i did push up the saturation a little bit, for the effect, just hope I haven't overcooked it.

Regards,
Rohan

 

[bergamot]

Oh wow, very nice pix indeed!! :thumbsup:

No 5 showed exactly how HUGE (we think) we are compared to the enormous creature, well taken!

Dang, I wanna see a whaleshark!!! :bigeyes:

 

[kthan]

rohan. finally the pics are in. what did u do to pics 5 and above? very different from the first 4 pics and more pleasing to my eyes.

10.5 lens rocks!

i like 8 the best. beautiful sunburst.

will the video be avail somewhere?

 

[docdeng]

Wow. Nice shots. Must be an awesome experience goin face to face with a whale shark. :bigeyes: I'm from the Philippines BTW.

Was it a long wait to see this fish or its one of those lucky days, right spot right time?

 

[RSU]

rohan. finally the pics are in. what did u do to pics 5 and above? very different from the first 4 pics and more pleasing to my eyes.

10.5 lens rocks!

i like 8 the best. beautiful sunburst.

will the video be avail somewhere?

Hi Eric

Just played around with the colour levels on Aperture, trial and error mostly. Will apply the same to the first 4 pics and see how that turns out.

As for the video, have to wait a while. Ling (the one in the pics with the Stingray video housing) is kinda busy with work, but she should have it up on YouTube sometime soon. She does really great videos. Will keep this forum posted.

You pics up yet? Waiting for Seewhy's too....

Regards
Rohan

 

[RSU]

Wow. Nice shots. Must be an awesome experience goin face to face with a whale shark. :bigeyes: I'm from the Philippines BTW.

Was it a long wait to see this fish or its one of those lucky days, right spot right time?

Hi docdeng,

Oh yes, whalesharks are always a surreal experience.

Not much luck involved, actually. Practically guaranteed to see whalesharks in one location within Sogod Bay, between November and April. More details here. Many CS UW photogs have already beaten a path there. I was fortunate to have gone to the location twice within my trip.

Regards
Rohan

 

[socrates]

fantastic experience and great shots

 

[kthan]

here are my pic of seewhy hard at work....

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didn't have much that i like from this trip. the whalesharks were less cooperative and i am just a leisure, recre diver.

eric

 

[kthan]

but my fav shot of the trip:

to save band width, my pics and reports are here [url]http://www.finsonline.com/forum/showthread.php?p=60005#post60005[/URL]

 

[crabball]

Anyone got any dive shop or resort to recommend there? please PM me with the details. interested in going next year. Thanks in advance

 

[RSU]

Anyone got any dive shop or resort to recommend there? please PM me with the details. interested in going next year. Thanks in advance

www.whaleofadive.com

Whaleshark season runs from November to April. I will be extremely keen to go back next season too.

 

[crabball]

www.whaleofadive.com

Whaleshark season runs from November to April. I will be extremely keen to go back next season too.

haha. thanks, i will check that out seems like a great place to go

 

[cityofangels]

Wow, I am simply blown away by your pictures. It must have been such a breath-taking experience to be diving with such amazing creatures. I am hoping to do so, at least once, in my life time.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[lovells19]

The experience cannot be describe with words
You must be there.. swimming with the giants to truly feels how it is like.

And what is good is the money goes to the spotters whom once was whale shark hunters, now they protect the whale sharks and spot them for a living.

This is my fave shot from the trip
It was the most friendly whale shark and is ALWAYS there when we arrive
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[RSU]

While waiting on Ling's video, just thought I would share with you guys some of her earlier works -

***Warning: some segments in the second clip are not for the faint hearted, but the conservation message is loud and clear. ***


THE KISS
http://lingthemerciless.blogspot.com/2006/06/so-sweet-kiss_114924436422734195.html

GOODWILL HUNTING
http://lingthemerciless.blogspot.com/2006/06/goodwill-hunting.html


Regards,
Rohan

 

[kthan]

Ling the merciless is wonderful.....

good enuff for TV definitely.