Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Harbor at Dawn
(Canon 5d, 24-105mm lens)

School
(Canon 5d, 70-200mm lens)

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the premier aquariums in the country. It is built in a refurbished sardine packing plant on Cannery Row. The rich history of this harbor in downtown Monterey California really adds to the ambiance of the aquarium.

The aquarium features state of the art aquatic displays, an awesome high-tech theater room and several interactive exhibits. The sea otter exhibit alone is worth the time to visit.

In a round shaped room I looked up to see a donut shaped tank circling the cieling full of mackerel continually swimming in a counter-clockwise direction. After several failed shots trying to stop the motion of the mackerel I closed down the aperture for a little longer exposure then panned the camera while the shutter was opened. The photographs trying to stop the swimming fish were total failures, but I like the impressionistic look of this shot.