Wild Dolphin

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted May 27, 2014376 views10 comments

In 1983 Fungie, a wild Bottlenose Dolphin, choose to make Dingle, Ireland Harbour his home. Fungie has never been fed in order to induce him to stay or perform. He is just interested in playing around with the boats and with the swimmers who go into the water on the early morning tours. At $16 EU per person to go on an hour boat tour to to see him he has made the tourism industry a lot of money. It was quite hard trying to follow this guy under water, not knowing where he was, and where he would come up in a rocky boat.

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on May 27, 2014 at 5:37 PM

This is wonderful, especially the open-mouthed sailor. Fun story to go with it. Nicely framed and I like the vignetting.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on May 27, 2014 at 6:04 PM

Far Out Karen,
The timing of this capture is pretty near perfect with regards to the action of both subjects. The unexpected expression on the sailor's face is priceless and you even managed a Gull in the top right corner. The larger version is a must see and really shows outstanding colors and details. There is needed a bit of counter clockwise rotation to level the far shoreline to make this composition 'Picture Perfect'.
Well done, Well captured and Way Cool . . .

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Comment posted by Karen Galley on May 27, 2014 at 8:36 PM

Thank you so much Kathy and Mike for your nice comments!!
Thank you Mike, I have the bad habbit of editing on my lap with my laptop, it should be straightened.
Again appreciate the feedback!

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Comment posted by Michael Cothran on May 27, 2014 at 10:38 PM

Another great decisive moment shot. You're good at these.

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Comment posted by Karen Galley on May 27, 2014 at 11:13 PM

Thank You Michael!!

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Comment posted by Carl Battreall on May 29, 2014 at 1:45 PM

Great moment. So this is a solitary dolphin? I find the side edges too dark for my taste, they distract me from the image.

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Comment posted by Karen Galley on May 29, 2014 at 2:51 PM

Yes it is a solitary dolphin. Than you for your input.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on June 7, 2014 at 3:39 PM

Great shot! We spent a couple of days around Dingle last summer. We knew the story of Fungie, but we didn't has the opportunity to see him!

D&L

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Comment posted by Karen Galley on June 7, 2014 at 4:52 PM

Thank you! Ireland was one of the best places I ever visited.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on June 16, 2014 at 11:24 PM

What great interaction here Karen. Fungie is really checking things out like he wants to try on the sail and take it for a spin.

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