Today was BRISK to say the very least but that didn't stop any of us from getting out there to see what mother nature has in store. First we heard of several humpbacks in the area, feeding in the Juan de Fuca Strait and sure enough we found a mother and calf humpback pair. We watched them dive several times and then headed off into the fog of Haro Strait. On our way we saw some young stellar sealions milling about. Today was overcast, cold and foggy which means most of us wished we'd brought our gloves ;).
We arrived to find Jpod widely spread and milling somewhere near San Juan Island but it was really foggy to see where we were exactly. Off in the distance was a couple of orcas, logging and double spyhopping often. There was alot of surface scanning, lazy spyhops and rubbing behavior between the two before moving on. They hung out together for most of our time on scene, about half an hour. Yup, it might be fall out there but that doesn't mean there isn't an abundance of wildlife to be experienced!
Technical note: Today I shot my photos at 800 iso (i always shoot at 400 iso), to compensate for the very low light and fog. Therefore, the photos may be grainer / noisier than usual.
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