点评:My daughter and I had one of those lifetime experiences with Go Fly Maui the first week of February. Nick, our pilot, is a fun, laid back kind of gentleman and a very competent pilot. Go Fly Maui is the only open-door helicopter services I could find on the island that allows cameras on board. Well worth the price of the tour.
I am the photographer on the trip so it was important that the pilot knows how to orbit and cant angle the helicopter around the subject properly in order to get the shots I am hoping for. Also, my daughter has been contemplating becoming a pilot. This tour with Nick has further inspired her.
Nick somehow arranged a sunny, relatively calm day for our flight and a phenomenal photo shoot. We ended up in the whale birthing area and were fortunate to witness a escort whale defending a mother whale and her calf from an “intruder whale”. The intruder probably was a male wanting to mate with the female putting her calf in danger. The escort whale was successful in rebuffing the intruder. Nick informed me they get to see this type of behavior a couple times a season.
However, as Nick told us “We do see this type of thing a few times while the whales are in town but what was so cool and unique was that the mother and calf were being forced into the shallower waters. It just adds to the shot”. Nick knows whale behavior well enough and using his piloting skills, he spoon-fed my camera with shots of the whole escort/intruder event. Sorry I could not upload a photo of the mother and calf swimming along the shoreline (file size too big)
Thank you, Nick, for giving us such a fun, exciting and productive adventure, Bob and Jade
翻译:二月的第一周,我和女儿参加了 Go Fly Maui 直升机之旅,这是一次终生难忘的经历。我们的飞行员 Nick 是一位风趣、随和的绅士,也是一位非常称职的飞行员。Go Fly Maui 是岛上唯一一家允许在机上拍摄相机的开放式直升机服务公司。这次旅行物有所值。
我是这次旅行的摄影师,因此,飞行员必须知道如何绕着拍摄对象飞行,以及如何正确地调整直升机的角度,才能拍到我希望拍摄的照片。此外,我的女儿一直在考虑成为一名飞行员。这次与 Nick 的旅行进一步激发了她的灵感。
Nick 不知怎么地安排了一个阳光明媚、相对平静的日子,让我们飞行,并拍了一组精彩的照片。我们最终来到了鲸鱼的产卵区,有幸目睹了一头护卫鲸保护一头母鲸和她的幼崽免受“入侵鲸”的侵害。入侵者可能是一头雄性鲸鱼,它想与雌性鲸鱼交配,并将幼崽置于危险之中。护卫鲸成功击退了入侵者。 Nick 告诉我,他们每个季节都能看到几次这种行为。
然而,正如 Nick 告诉我们的那样,“当鲸鱼来到城镇时,我们确实看到过几次这种事情,但最酷和独特的是母鲸和幼鲸被迫进入较浅的水域。这只是增加了镜头”。Nick 非常了解鲸鱼的行为,他利用他的驾驶技能,将整个护送/入侵事件的照片一一呈现在我的相机上。很抱歉我无法上传母鲸和幼鲸沿着海岸线游泳的照片(文件太大)
谢谢你,Nick,给我们带来了如此有趣、令人兴奋且富有成效的冒险,Bob 和 Jade