Part of the team...

Two days ago I had the opportunity to get some REALLY amazing dolphin footage just north of Kosi Bay. I'd been jumping on and off the little boat in an effort to get close enough to these creatures in order to get a decent shot or two with my HD water unit.

After the third attempt, the pod, which had been largely ignoring me until this moment, came racing in towards me in what seemed to be some sort of recce mission. After being "charged" repeatedly by one particular individual the pod seemed to dismiss me as non threatening, and promptly bunched around me, including me in their swimming formation. I had five dolphin on my right and four on the left, I was sandwiched in the middle, in amongst the school!