Flippers
updated: Jul 18, 2012, 1:16 PM

By John Wiley

This scene reminiscent of "Jaws" could be a movie titled "Flippers." A pod of dolphins was herding fish in to a ball near the surface that attracted sea birds. Then when the dolphins lunged up through the fish, I saw several gulls nearly become part of the meal. I didn't manage to snap much of the action, but I like this pic as they surfaced for air before racing off to another banquet. I especially like the bubble cloud trailing over the head of the one on the left just before it breaks the surface. The whole composition makes it look like the dolphins are attacking the gull. They're not, but can you almost hear the "Flippers" theme music? The next scene would be them standing up out of the water doing that disarming dolphin "laugh" at the startled gull. :)

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