Insane picture of a rare whale hiding under a boat while the boarders have no clue

[Thebesteva]

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1524968/thumbs/o-WHALE-900.jpg?6

[tlongII]

Fake.

[mouse]

Fake.


But he has the fossils.

[Reck]

Shit looks like it was taken from an aquarium and pasted it over. lol

[Thebesteva]

But he has the fossils.


Shit looks like it was taken from an aquarium and pasted it over. lol

Nah, this is real. It was on the front page of Yahoo and CNN as well

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/whale-under-boat-justin-hofman_n_4474406.html?utm_hp_ref=green
The Huffington Post | By (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/whale-under-boat-justin-hofman_n_4474406.html?utm_hp_ref=green)Sara Gates (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-gates) | Posted: 12/19/13 EST | Updated: 12/19/13 EST


Whale Hides Under Boat; Tourists Have No Idea (PHOTO)






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Sometimes you watch the whale, and other times, the whale watches you.
Whale-watchers in Argentina recently learned that firsthand when a whale hid under their boat (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/whale-under-boat-amazing-pictures-2940085). Fortunately, photographer Justin Hofman (http://www.justin-hofman.com/) was in the water at the time and managed to capture the incredible moment.
(Story continues below.)
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1524968/thumbs/o-WHALE-900.jpg?6

In a well-timed photo, a southern right whale swims beneath a whale-watching vessel off the coast of the Valdes Peninsula.According to the photographer, a calf was floating alongside the mother whale at the time.
"Swimming along with a curious right whale calf (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2526204/Were-going-need-bigger-boat-Breathtaking-pictures-50-tonne-whale-calves-swim-underneath-vessel.html) was nerve-racking [sic]. At any moment I thought 'mom' was eventually going to get annoyed with me and swat me with her 15-foot tail -- and I'd be a goner," Hofman recalled, according to the Daily Mail. "Yet, with every passing minute we felt more comfortable around each other and they became curious about us and would make closer passes."
Hofman, who works as a wildlife photographer, had the permission of Argentine authorities to dive with the whales in the protected lagoons (http://photos.justin-hofman.com/Southern-Right-Whales) near the Valdes Peninsula.
Southern right whales (http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/cetaceans/rightwhale_southern.htm), native to the Southern Hemisphere, flock to the warm waters off the coast of the peninsula every year to raise their offspring.


( (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/whale-under-boat-justin-hofman_n_4474406.html?utm_hp_ref=green)Hat tip, Hypervocal (http://hypervocal.com/culture/2013/whale-boat-argentina/))

[Wild Cobra]

When they photoshopped that, they forgot the water spots in the dry view.

[Rogue]

I believe this is real tbh. I know someone here is sort of an expert in graph analyzing, like he can find out the exact location of some girl's home in a city he's never been to, by only a picture of her home postered on facebook. But this one ain't fake imho

[Wild Cobra]

How did the relative distances change by about a 2:1 between whale and boat, when both are horizontal to the camera, between these two shots?

I will stick with the fake idea. Besides, the Huff~n~Puff post article gets it's pictures from a tabloid, called The daily Mirror.

http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2939965.ece/ALTERNATES/s2197/A-southern-right-whale-mother-seen-under-a-whale-watching-boat-in-Peninsula-Valdez-Argentina-MAIN-2939965.jpg (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/whale-under-boat-amazing-pictures-2940085)


http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2939967.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/A-southern-right-whale-mother-seen-under-a-whale-watching-boat-in-Peninsula-Valdez-Argentina-2939967.jpg (http://www.mirror.co.uk/)

[CubanSucks]

It's cool whether fake or real. Gives me such an uneasy feeling despite being a whale

[Reck]

It's cool whether fake or real. Gives me such an uneasy feeling despite being a whale

What do you mean despite? A whale is likely to eat you as more as a shark would tear you apart.

[CubanSucks]

Not too knowledgeable about whales diet but I call bullshit

[Suspect]

pic is weird

[DJR210]

Gives me such an uneasy feeling despite being a whale

Didn't the article say the whale was underage?

[JoeChalupa]

That freaks me out.

[SnakeBoy]

Why is it assumed that the whale was hiding from something?

[CubanSucks]

Didn't the article say the whale was underage?

I'm not into animals you sick fucking pervert

[HarlemHeat37]

Didn't the article say the whale was underage?

:lol..

[lefty]

We once saw a big whale under our small wooden boat; it was pretty cool

They are inoffensive and just mind their own business

[apalisoc_9]

How did the relative distances change by about a 2:1 between whale and boat, when both are horizontal to the camera, between these two shots?

I will stick with the fake idea. Besides, the Huff~n~Puff post article gets it's pictures from a tabloid, called The daily Mirror.



I don't think you understand how reflections work in and out of water. This Pic is real, there's nothing fake to it..

[lefty]

We once saw a big whale passing by underneath our small wooden boat; it was pretty cool

They are inoffensive and just mind their own business

[DJR210]

I'm not into animals you sick fucking pervert "12 old Rebecca Black, check, but don't you accuse me of fucking animals!!" - CubanSucks

[BigZak]

c'mon cubansucks, ariana grande is hot and legal!

[Lincoln]

How did the relative distances change by about a 2:1 between whale and boat, when both are horizontal to the camera, between these two shots?

I will stick with the fake idea. Besides, the Huff~n~Puff post article gets it's pictures from a tabloid, called The daily Mirror.

http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2939965.ece/ALTERNATES/s2197/A-southern-right-whale-mother-seen-under-a-whale-watching-boat-in-Peninsula-Valdez-Argentina-MAIN-2939965.jpg (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/whale-under-boat-amazing-pictures-2940085)


http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2939967.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/A-southern-right-whale-mother-seen-under-a-whale-watching-boat-in-Peninsula-Valdez-Argentina-2939967.jpg (http://www.mirror.co.uk/)
Shut up faggot. Shouldn't you be getting rejected by online girls because you triangulated their house based on shadows?

:lol socially retarded loser

[mrsmaalox]

What do you mean despite? A whale is likely to eat you as more as a shark would tear you apart.

The whale in the pic is a baleen whale, they don't have teeth, they just eat krill and plankton.

[The Gemini Method]

That's a Right Whale? I don't know...after watching Black Fish...can't trust Tilikum!

[CubanSucks]

c'mon cubansucks, ariana grande is hot and legal!

Umm agreed?

[The Gemini Method]

Does CubanSucks like 'em on the young side? I'm missing the link here...

[CubanSucks]

Does CubanSucks like 'em on the young side? I'm missing the link here...

Pretty much from puberty to late 50s tbh. Thin or thick (not fat). Skanky or innocent. Bound or not bound. ONLY alive, no matter what some may say, and no blacks or dark browns

[The Gemini Method]

Pretty much from puberty to late 50s tbh. Thin or thick (not fat). Skanky or innocent. Bound or not bound. ONLY alive, no matter what some may say, and no blacks or dark browns

You're not down with the chocolate? Granted, I mean the light to mocha skinned ones...I'm not sure if I can do the dark either...but they're fun. I mean, the ones I met in college were. Dark browns? Is that Red Dot or the Latinos?

[Wild Cobra]

I don't think you understand how reflections work in and out of water. This Pic is real, there's nothing fake to it..

I question two things.

The fact there is no watersplash on the camera window, and the perspective distances. I think two images were superimposed.

The title is totally wrong anyway. the boat of unsuspecting "boarders' has a diver that went whale hunting. I went to a sight that had several pictures, and I agree they [most] were real. I simply think some of the pictures were doctored for effect.

[Wild Cobra]

They are doing some intentional trickery. Here is one for better perspective of size:

http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2939968.ece/ALTERNATES/s2197/A-southern-right-whale-mother-seen-under-a-whale-watching-boat-in-Peninsula-Valdez-Argentina-2939968.jpg

[CubanSucks]

Dark browns? Is that Red Dot or the Latinos?

Both

[Thebesteva]

Its on the front page of yahoo as well for those of you saying its on some small time website

http://travel.yahoo.com/blogs/compass/photographer-captures-amazing-shots-underwater-whale-encounter-022447825.html

[Expert]

I've used a photomagnahelical triangulation manometer to determine the approximate size of the whale (not perfect, within .0000000003microns) and I've cross referenced that with Google Earth's "Stalk Me" app and I've determined that the picture is not a fake, despite what other so called "experts" in this thread have said.

Like all of my work, this does not require peer review or scrutiny. I am, after all, smarter than you.

[Rogue]

They are doing some intentional trickery. Here is one for better perspective of size:

http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2939968.ece/ALTERNATES/s2197/A-southern-right-whale-mother-seen-under-a-whale-watching-boat-in-Peninsula-Valdez-Argentina-2939968.jpg
IF there were a sub-machine gun aimed right against your head, would you consider it fake too, and also the bullet that was going to fly through your head?

[Susan Boyle]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/MAllenArt_zps76cc0c9b.jpg

[Susan Boyle]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/MAllenArt-fish-2_zps45283cbb.jpg

[Susan Boyle]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/MAllenArt-fish-3_zps087cd8f5.jpg

[RD2191]

:lmao

[Susan Boyle]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/MAllenArt-fish-4_zpsf876d5f4.jpg

[mouse]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/Chump-Fish_zps6ac9d295.jpg

[Wild Cobra]

IF there were a sub-machine gun aimed right against your head, would you consider it fake too, and also the bullet that was going to fly through your head?

Wow...

Look at the perspective sizes. That is what I have been speaking of.

[RD2191]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/Chump-Fish_zps6ac9d295.jpg

Lmfao

[Wild Cobra]

:lmao


http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/MAllenArt-fish-3_zps087cd8f5.jpg


http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/MAllenArt-fish-4_zpsf876d5f4.jpg
LOL...

Susan understands what I'm talking about. Why don't the rest of you?

[Rogue]

Wow...

Look at the perspective sizes. That is what I have been speaking of.
But I guess if someone could fake a pic that looked so real, he would've probably never made such a mistake that's so stupid and recognizable imho. There might be exceptions (like our goddess), but generally speaking, I don't believe someone with a college degree would ever get out-brained by someone else who doesn't have one tbh

[Wild Cobra]

...but generally speaking, I don't believe someone with a college degree would ever get out-brained by someone else who doesn't have one tbh
LOL...

Education does not equal intelligence.

[boutons_deux]

from an old cartoon, Playboy?, two whales next to a sinking sailing ship, "I don't mind sinking their ships, but I hate swallowing their seamen"

[mouse]

LOL...

Susan understands what I'm talking about. Why don't the rest of you?

RACK!

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/MAllenArt-fish-3_zps087cd8f5.jpg

[Trainwreck2100]

looks like kori missed one in terms of pictures deteted

[Slomo]

I question two things.

The fact there is no watersplash on the camera window, and the perspective distances. I think two images were superimposed.

The title is totally wrong anyway. the boat of unsuspecting "boarders' has a diver that went whale hunting. I went to a sight that had several pictures, and I agree they [most] were real. I simply think some of the pictures were doctored for effect.


I've taken quite a few pictures like that and even some videos.

The front port on professional UW cameras is a dome, not only do the droplets slide off faster/better because of the shape of the front port, but you're also supposed to keep it super clean and smooth because underwater bubbles of air have this nasty habbit of sticking to the port and ruining pictures all of this means that if you keep the port above water for a few seconds chances are you won't get any water spots.

As for the weird perspective that too is correct. Objects in the underwater part of the pictures appear to be much closer because of light refraction (if memory serves objects underwater appear a third larger - don't quote me though as to the exact number).