I'm begining to favour the area around Mackrel point more and more for the dropping tide mainly because of the close views it affords you of the feeding porpoise. The closeness means more detail in the shots which obviously means more easily identified marks. Apart from that it's the extra challenge of capturing them in the long lens at close quarters and believe me it's harder than you would imagine.
Soon after I arrived at the point the tide race started flowing and in minutes I had three porps less than 80mtrs in front of me. It soon became clear that one of them was possibly Chopper, an animal we've recorded several times with some very distinctive notches due to prop damage behind it's dosal fin toward the tail. They fed for an hour or so before being joined by another four or five which really kept me busy on the shutter. The confusion increased somewhat when I thought I spotted another animal with very similar prop damage. Sure enough when processing the images it was indeed the case. Three hundred images, several more marked animals and three hours later it was time to head home. As I reached the road I met a friend who had spent 2 1/2 hrs at the lookout and had seen nothing. Now that made my decision to go to the point all the more pleasing. Another 4 1/2 hrs later and the images were processed. The biggest problem then is deciding which of the images that made the final cut should I put on the blog. So after a good bit of thought here they are. ENJOY!!!
Picture one shows clearly the two different porps with similar injuries.
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