Whale soup

As one of our guides said, the waters around Maui were "Whale Soup" Spent quite a bit of time watching several groups -- took almost 200 photos (one of the joys of digital photography is that you can use an 8GB memory card and shoot away, saving the good shots when you are at home editing.) Here are four from today: Got tail? Federal law stipulates that we could not approach closer than 100 yards but if they wanted to swim over and take a look at us... Wave for the camera -- this female was slapping the water with her fins. The belief is that this is a summons for males to come and be selected for breeding. A baby was playing off in the distance and I managed to catch this breech. Looks like a lot of fun! Shot a little video too but it was really choppy and hard to get a decent image with the camcorder. I will be editing that when i get home and if anything turns out good, I'll post it on my YouTube account.