Tarifa, Spanien (2005/8)

These pictures were taken in Tarifa and the Strait of Gibraltar during whale watching with the Swiss foundation FIRMM. Many thanks to Katharina Heyer and all the participants who made this possible. I can warmly recommend this unique experience! I was still taking pictures with slide film with 36 exposures and of course the dolphins jumped whenever I had to change the film. The Nikon D70 was too slow in releasing the shutter.

TV antennas — Fig. 1: TV antennas over the roofs of Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Spain, August 2005

Castle — Fig. 2: Tarifa Castle — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005 Nikon D70; Δt=1/400 s; f=52 mm; f/10.0; 10 August 2005 19:58:05

Mediterranean coast — Fig. 3: The rocky Mediterranean coast near Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005

Castle — Fig. 4: The Castle of Tarifa in the light of the setting sun — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005 Nikon D70; Δt=1/250 s; f=48 mm; f/8.0; 10 August 2005 20:07:29

Dusty — Fig. 5: When the Levante blows, no car stays clean for long. — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005 Nikon D70; Δt=1/200 s; f=65 mm; f/7.1; 10 August 2005 20:09:55

TV antenna — Fig. 6: A TV antenna on a roof — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005

branch with sea — Fig. 7: Don't know what kind of shrub this is, but I took a picture of it. — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005 Nikon D70; Δt=1/200 s; f=70 mm; f/11.0; 12 August 2005 09:42:43

Network Support — Fig. 8: Fishermen repairing their net in Tarifa port — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005 Nikon D70; Δt=1/5000 s; f=70 mm; f/2.8; 12 August 2005 10:12:11

Port — Fig. 9: The port of Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005

Anchors — Fig. 10: Plenty of anchors are stored in the port of Tarifa. I wonder what they are used for. They are much too big and heavy for the fishing boats. They are believed to be used for the Almadraba, a gigantic bottom-anchored net off Spain's coast used to catch vast quantities of tuna before they can make their way to the Mediterranean to spawn. This is the height of human stupidity and short-sightedness. In this way, all tuna are wiped out within a very short time. In addition to all this, the Japanese participate very massively in this, because they have already fished their own seas dry. — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Spain, August 2005 Nikon D70; Δt=1/125 s; f=28 mm; f/14.0; 12 August 2005 10:16:20

Fishermen — Fig. 11: Fishermen on their boat in Tarifa harbor — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005

Mediterranean Bay — Fig. 12: Sailing ships anchored in the Mediterranean Bay of Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005

Atlantic coast — Fig. 13: Tarifa's long Atlantic beach — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005 Nikon D70; Δt=1/400 s; f=28 mm; f/10.0; 12 August 2005 10:41:41

Sailboat — Fig. 14: A sailing ship anchored in the Mediterranean bay of Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005 Nikon D70; Δt=1/640 s; f=60 mm; f/13.0; 12 August 2005 10:42:37

El Tarifa Jet — Fig. 15: The giant catamaran entering Tarifa harbor — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005 Nikon D70; Δt=1/500 s; f=70 mm; f/11.0; 12 August 2005 11:01:24

Engine failure — Fig. 16: Well, we were unlucky that day: first an hour and a half late due to engine failure and then we didn't find a single dolphin in the Bay of Algeciras. Well, that's nature. A reason to come again. — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Algeciras, Spain, August 13, 2005 Nikon D70; Δt=1/3200 s; f=130 mm; f/2.8; 13 August 2005 13:34:10

Windsurfer — Fig. 17: Hmmm .... surfing without ADSL? Is the? — Nikon D70, Nikko AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Spain, August 14, 2005

Windsurfers — Fig. 18: Windsurfers playing with the Levant in an Atlantic bay north of Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikko AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Spain, August 14, 2005

Windsurfer — Fig. 19: A windsurfer struggles through the Levantine sandstorm on the beach of an Atlantic bay north of Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikko AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Spain, August 14, 2005

Windsurfers — Fig. 20: Windsurfers playing with the Levant in an Atlantic bay north of Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikko AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Spain, August 14, 2005

Windsurfers — Fig. 21: Windsurfers playing with the Levant in an Atlantic bay north of Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikko AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Spain, August 14, 2005

Splash! — Fig. 22: Windsurfers playing with the Levant in an Atlantic bay north of Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikko AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Spain, August 14, 2005

windsurfer — Fig. 23: Calling all web surfing geeks, this is what real surfing looks like! Windsurfers playing with the Levant in an Atlantic bay north of Tarifa — Nikon D70, Nikko AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Tarifa, Spain, August 14, 2005

port entrance — Fig. 24: port entrance

roofs — Fig. 25: roofs

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Dolphins on bow wave — Fig. 27: Dolphins ride on the bow wave of a cargo ship. We had to go full throttle with our small boat to be able to keep up and we couldn't have gotten any closer. — Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Strait of Gibraltar, Tarifa, Spain, August 2005

reader in port — Fig. 28: reader in port

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Bottlenose dolphins — Fig. 35: Bottlenose dolphins gasping for air — Nikon F100, Nikkor AF-S 80-200 1:2.8, Fujichrome Velvia 100F, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005

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Warship — Fig. 41: A Greek warship in the Strait of Gibraltar. — Nikon F100, Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Fujichrome Velvia 100F, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005

Pilot whale backstroke — Fig. 42: A pilot whale swims on its back. He wasn't run over by the scout boat of the commercial competition Turmares in the background, but this is probably more as a sign of affection for the < a href="http://www.firmm.org/">Foundation FIRMM. They don't drive their boat right into the middle of the groups of whales and dolphins, but pull alongside and let the animals decide whether they want to come to the boat or not. — Nikon F100, Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Fujichrome Velvia 100F, Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 2005

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Duststorm near Levante — Fig. 49: The Mediterranean wind Levante blows over the Atlantic beach near Tarifa and causes a dust storm. We were very lucky with the weather this week and had a smooth ride almost every day. A big thank you to the weather gods. — Nikon F100, Nikkor AF-S 80-200 1:2.8, Fujichrome Velvia 100F, Tarifa, Spain, August 2005

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