{"id":268,"date":"2020-06-12T19:07:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T19:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:03:16","slug":"2020-6-12-destin-fl-vacation-part-4-122719","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Dolphin Cruise – Destin FL Vacation Part 4 – 12\/27\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the title suggests, this was the day we went on a dolphin cruise. <\/p>\n

I obviously brought as much as I could. Figured the 300mm would be a bit too much, so I brought two camera bodies instead. With the wide angle and 70-200. <\/p>\n

As we were sitting waiting for everyone to get on the boat and before takeoff, I took a couple photos from the boat. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/800 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/800 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/800 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Awesome Brown Pelican coming in for a landing. <\/p>\n

As we headed out into the water I got some pictures of the boats we passed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/250 Sec – F4 – ISO 400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/250 Sec – F4 – ISO 400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There was another dolphin cruise going on at the same time, several probably. Seems to be a regular source of income for the town. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/640 – F4 – ISO 400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The pier and boardwalk in Destin is colorful. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/500 Sec – F4 – ISO 1250<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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As we headed out further into the water we were inbetween the main land and a bit of stretch of an island. Private condos and incredibly expensive houses, apparently celebrities own property according to the crew. We were a lot closer but I didn\u2019t take any pictures during that. Doesn\u2019t seem right, also not my interest.
They look so small at this distance. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 160<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Managed to get a shot of this pelican as we were about to go under a bridge. <\/p>\n

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It wasn\u2019t too long before we got notified by the yelling from another dolphin cruise that there were dolphins in the water back behind us. They quick got that boat turned around and we kind of went around in a circle with another dolphin cruise so everyone on both sides of both boats got to see the dolphins as they came up. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 125<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 125<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 250<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 200<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 125<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 125<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 125<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 125<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 160<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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They weren\u2019t jumping up out of the water, which is to be expected. I\u2019m very pleased with what I managed to take pictures of. <\/p>\n

We also came along a huge gathering of pelicans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 320<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Not quite done yet though. Even though it was very overcast and there wasn\u2019t a chance to see the actual sunset, we actually lucked out there.<\/p>\n

But first, a shot as we were heading out into the deep water. Nice calm blue photo. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/100 Sec – F4 – ISO 400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Then once we had some fun, there were drinks and music on this boat-full of 50 or more people. <\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t so thrilled about that, but I was more than happy with the photos that came out from it. Great experience overall. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/25 Sec – F4 – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/125 Sec – F4 – ISO 200<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/125 Sec – F4 – ISO 250<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/100 Sec – F4 – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/40 Sec – F4 – ISO 160<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/125 Sec – F4 – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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So many great sunset shots. I did say this blog was to provide extra shots that I don\u2019t put on other sections of the website. Maybe it would be better to describe it as digital vomiting photos all over this blog. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 5D Mark II w\/24-105mm – 1\/20 Sec – F4 – ISO 3200<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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But also check that out. Sky was actually purple that night, really stood out with the colors on that structure. Which I believe was for a zipline. <\/p>\n

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Oh and one last thing, as we were on the boat waiting for them to tie us down before we all got up to leave. I got this great photo of a Heron who was right next to us checking out another boat that was loading up. The guy working that other boat was smart, and tossed him a fish before he got too close. <\/p>\n

I took this photo as we just perfectly lined up with the rocking of the boat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 7D Mark II w\/70-200mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 6400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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