Kimmeineche 0 Posted October 17, 2009 Hi Wetpixelmembers! My girlfriend and I are in first steps of planing a trip to the Azores! Personally I go for the chance to see and photograph the spermwhales, but I have a few questions to you who already knows about the Azores and might have been there with an underwatercamera before! To freedive with the spermwhales I've been told that you have to get a special permission from the pourtogize autourities... is that really true and in case it is, how/where do I get it? I am also considering another photographic solution.... simply mount the underwatercamera on a 4 foot long stick with a cable on the trigger and then go lucky-shooting with a pre-adjusted camera in the water, from the boat, but the big question is: Will I get close enough to fill the frame or at least close enough to get enough in the frame? In connection the to the question above, which lenses would you prefer for shooting spermwhales? I have both the 10.5 and 16mm fisheye and intend to bring both (I'm shooting DX). In case I get the chance to freedive with the whales, how close do you think I can get then and will it be warm enough to go in a 5mm wetsuit (July-september). Another question: I don't know yet which compagny to fly with, but what are your experiences in bringing your cameraequipment on a plane to the Azores. I intend to bring my wideangle stereorig (http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=30336), splitted up in two... one for me and one for my girlfriend and then collected again when we arrive. I think strobes are not necessary so that will save at least a couble of kilos incl. arms, I guess. Any advice on a trip to the Azores will be highly appreciated. So far thank you very much in advance from Kim Meineche, DK! :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinetwo 26 Posted June 22, 2022 Hi @Kimmeineche, did you go to Azores in the end? Did you have any recommendations? Were you allowed to stick a gopro or similar rig in the water to check out the spearmwhales? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stillviking 5 Posted July 2, 2022 5 mm wetsuit looks very warm to me! Water should be around ~21-23º no? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
