几十头座头鲸靠近我的城镇，我设法用我的无人机为它们拍照

几十头座头鲸靠近我的城镇，我设法用我的无人机为它们拍照

I’m a portrait photographer who moved to Newfoundland last year. With my normal business being interrupted by COVID-19, it’s given me time to explore the island and do more nature photography than ever before.

我是一名肖像摄影师，去年搬到纽芬兰。由于COVID-19干扰了我的正常工作，这给了我更多的时间去探索这个岛屿，比以往任何时候拍的自然照片都要多。

On July 22, 2020, dozens of humpback whales arrived in the small town of Sunnyside, Newfoundland. This time of year, it’s common to see them breach the water as they hunt for caplin. It’s less common to see so many arrive so close to town.

2020年7月22日，数十头座头鲸抵达纽芬兰小镇Sunnyside。每年的这个时候，它们在寻找卡普林时冲破水面是很常见的。看到这么多人来到离城镇这么近的地方是很少见的。

They stayed in town for 3 days before they left. It was the perfect opportunity to photograph these beautiful giants with my drone. Such an amazing experience!

它们在城里呆了3天才离开。这是一个绝佳的机会，用我的无人机拍摄这些美丽的巨人。多么美妙的经历!

The experience was overwhelming! Ever since I got my drone last year, my #1 dream had been to fly over a whale! When they were in front of my home and I had my chance, I was shaking with excitement. After I had exhausted my only battery and my wife and I watched them from the shore, she began to cry. It’s a pretty unreal experience. It defies description.

这种经历让人难以承受!自从去年我得到了我的无人机，我的头号梦想就是拍鲸鱼!当它们来到我家门前时，我终于有了机会，我激动得浑身发抖。我唯一的电池用完后，我和妻子在岸上看着他们，它哭了起来。这是一种非常不真实的体验，无法描述。

The things I love about whales are all the things that are hard to appreciate unless you see them in real life: their scale, their playfulness, the way you can hear them from so far away when they inhale and exhale out their blow hole. The sound carries so far and sounds like giant cows breathing through a pipe.

我喜欢鲸鱼的是因为它们是很难欣赏的，除非你在现实生活中看到它们:它们的规模，它们的嬉闹，当它们从很远的地方吸气和呼气时，你就能听到它们的声音。这种声音传得很远，听起来就像巨大的奶牛通过一根管子呼吸。

Surprisingly, it wasn’t a challenge at all to photograph them. I’ve tried photographing other whale species before and it’s easy to lose track of them in the water when they dive. Humpbacks, though, have bright white fins, so on a sunny day, their fins radiate light even under water.

令人惊讶的是，拍摄它们一点都不困难。我以前也尝试过拍摄其他种类的鲸鱼，但它们潜水时很容易在水中失去踪迹。然而座头鲸有明亮的白色鳍，所以在阳光明媚的日子里，它们的鳍即使在水下也会发光。

I couldn’t be happier with the results! It’s everything I’ve ever dreamed of capturing. I’m so inspired, I hope someday, when I get back to business, to afford an underwater drone and photograph them from below!

我对结果感到非常高兴!这是我梦寐以求的。我很受鼓舞，我希望有一天，当我回到工作中，能买得起一架水下无人机，从下面给它们拍照!

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