Morning on the water in Deer Harbor. The smoke from wildfires on California has drifted up to Orcas Island.

Morning on the water in Deer Harbor. The smoke from wildfires on California has drifted up to Orcas Island.
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We see whales from time to time, but this is the first time I’ve been able to use my phone and the scope to get good photos and videos.
My goal was not only to see into the distance but to take photos. This turned me onto an idea called digiscoping, which combines phone photography with telescopes and spotting scopes.
The longer we live on Orcas Island, and at the mercy of ferries, the more we learn to optimize. It’s normal to visit the mainland as a day trip. You take an hour-long ferry ride over, run errands, and come back on the ferry. The question becomes: what can you get done between ferries? If you plan poorly, you might waste hours waiting for the next ferry. This is where optimization matters most.
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