Whale watching. Watching what?

Can you see the whale? No, it's not the black rock on the right hand side of the picture. That is a rock. It's the white splash in the middle. Can't see it? Well, in reality neither could the people standing at the side of the road near the Twelve Apostles Hotel this afternoon. All we saw were the occasional splashes as they surfaced, oh so briefly, to breathe. Given the size of the animals you see precious little. I've given up whale watching ... I prefer sea-watching. If a whale pops up, well gee, isn't that nice!

[Quinn]

Great shot - they are hard to capture!

[Dora Mendes]

I can imagine a whale ! Beautiful photo.

[Darren Griffen]

Glorious photograph, whales or not, beautiful

[Tracy Watkins]

beautiful, great shot!!

[Michelle Joy]

Great timing and a stunning sunset!

[Wendy White]

But such a beautiful picture! I had something similar happen last week on vacation - pods of dolphins yet all my camera captured was tiny blips in the water.

[Henriette Sparkes]

Love it...and the beautiful sunset.

[becky]

You captured whale watching perfectly

[Joe Ciras]

Nice sunset picture even if you can not see the whale.

[Peggy Scroggins]

Great picture. And that sounds like a good motto just in case you dont see the whales, you are not let down.

[Christine Sanders]

wow--very peaceful and tranquil--with or without the whale...nice

[Sarah Richardson]

so true about the whale watching! great capture though

[Louise & Ken]

I love your caption; your sense of humor really shines through! Indeed, I see the splash, but it pales by comparison to that sunset! The soft, low light really makes the picture...and we'll pretend there are some massive whales swimming by!

[Lauren Dahlhauser]

Still a pretty sky :)

[Elizabeth Cotton]

I will call you when they are in False Bay and breaching so you can get a picture. Loved your photograph anyway. I think you captured the moment, and that is what is important. They don't seem to have arrived in False Bay yet.

[VERONICA HURLY]

Beautiful Eleanor!

[Steve Harvey]

very nice.

[janet wigan]

A beautiful shot though. Your approach to whale watching sounds like my approach to fishing.

[Kate Doyle]

Hi Eleanor, have you checked out the official Top 20 this week- See Blog. I strongly suggest you do !!! if you have: Congratulations!

[Kate Doyle]

Have just read all the comments on the Blog and seen yours. Do 'they' notify you that youe photo is up? Totally deserved recognition. Only a fabulous photo would attract that much attention. I was so excited to see you there at the top of the list!

[Brad Johnson]

That looks like a beautiful day for sea-watching. :) Nice shot.

[bfk]

Beautiful sky and ocean!

[Melissa Pike]

I love the warm tones! I grew up on Cape Cod and never saw a single whale on any of the whale watching trips I took, so I can sympathize with your decision to sea-watch instead. ;-)

[glynnis garrod]

Time to throw the tripod into the car and head on down for a beer at Dixies?

[Eleanor Muller]

@Glynnis: Liz says there isn't much activity in False Bay yet. She says she'll call when they are there, and we can go down together. That will be great!

[Bonnie McClendon]

I saw the little bit of whale, but either way, that sunset is gorgeous!!

[cglist]

Beautiful shot!

[Tiina Kaaria]

I really thought that the rock was a whale:) But it´s somewhere there. But the view is gorgeous, with or without a whale.

[Arny]

wow!

[Glenys Hardy (Mrs Moose)]

Yes I see it, but like your sensible aproach after that item in the paper the other day. Where the whale breached and landed on top of a boat of whale watchers. Scary huh?