spermwhale Archives - Fred Buyle - Nektos https://nektos.net/tag/spermwhale/ Underwater imaging and exploration through the ancient art of Freediving by Fred Buyle Sun, 17 Mar 2019 20:49:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 The Click Effect, 360/VR documentary for the NY Times https://nektos.net/2016/06/07/the-click-effect-360vr-documentary-for-the-ny-times/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 01:02:33 +0000 http://nektos.net/?p=2343 The post The Click Effect, 360/VR documentary for the NY Times appeared first on Fred Buyle - Nektos.

]]> For more than five years now we have been gathering 360° images and sounds for the Darewin Project.
New technology allows us to capture cetaceans’ sounds and behaviors like never before but the most important component remains freediving.
Freediving is the ultimate tool when it comes to observe and spend time with cetaceans to understand more about them. I’m always happy to see freediving reaching mainstream media. Qualitative media are being picky nowadays, not only you have to provide good content but it also has to be properly delivered into an interesting package.
Whale research made by freedivers filmed in 360° is a good start. We were then lucky to meet and start a great collaboration with film director Sandy Smolan who saw the potential of the story. He directed the 360° documentary for the NY Times and Annapurna Pictures known to find features films and projects that are off the beaten tracks and bringing them to a large audience produced it.
When the film was released, the NY Times ran a full page freediving picture everyday for five days.
Here is the link to the 360/VR film on NY Times website, words by James Nestor of course.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/16/opinion/sunday/conversation-with-whales.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

And a cool making of the project by Zach Rockwood:

 

 

 

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]]> Darewin project on ABC Nightline https://nektos.net/2015/04/24/darewin-project-on-abc-nightline/ Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:14:30 +0000 http://nektos.net/?p=2197 The post Darewin project on ABC Nightline appeared first on Fred Buyle - Nektos.

]]> Here is a piece ABC Nighline did about our work with sperm whales for the Darewin project


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]]> whale newborn encounter https://nektos.net/2014/09/02/whale-newborn-encounter/ Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:05:10 +0000 http://nektos.net/?p=1579 The post whale newborn encounter appeared first on Fred Buyle - Nektos.

]]> Today I probably had the most amazing experience I ever had in the Ocean. The funny thing is that yesterday I decided that today I’d post to a “blue” pic with nothing on it to show that for one successful day at sea, you’ll spend countless without seeing anything and not even mentioning that taking a decent pic of what you might see isn’t guaranteed either…
But this morning was just unbelievable: I got in with a socializing pod of sperm whales, and the reason of that big whale party was that a mother just gave birth to a calf a few minutes before…the water was still full of blood and the calf has part of its umbilical! For 30min we were in the middle of the celebration, feeling part of it, the mother was showing the calf to all the 20 others whales and even brought it to us!!!! These are very special moments happening in front of your eyes, you shouldn’t look for that because it might happen anytime, but the least you can do is to spend as much time as you can in the Ocean. Not more, not less.

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]]> Time to Think! https://nektos.net/2014/06/24/time-to-think/ Tue, 24 Jun 2014 10:00:07 +0000 http://nektos.net/?p=1573 The post Time to Think! appeared first on Fred Buyle - Nektos.

]]> Today we launch on Indiegogo our campaign to fund expeditions to gather data’s that will help to crack sperm whale language. It sounds crazy but this has nothing to do with new age stuff or people selling you trips to be in communion with marine mammals…it’s science, knowledge and years passion for these incredible animals. So jump onboard with us and get a chance to participate to the expedition and being part of the first 360° immersive documentary!

Think! On Indiegogo, click on the link!

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/98580566[/vimeo]

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]]> Contact… https://nektos.net/2012/06/08/976/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:33:51 +0000 http://nektos.net/?p=976 The post Contact… appeared first on Fred Buyle - Nektos.

]]> Short allegoric video of our latest adventures with spermwhales

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]]> A glimpse into sperm whale’s culture https://nektos.net/2012/05/16/a-glimpse-into-sperm-whales-culture/ https://nektos.net/2012/05/16/a-glimpse-into-sperm-whales-culture/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 12:34:48 +0000 http://nektos.net/?p=950 The post A glimpse into sperm whale’s culture appeared first on Fred Buyle - Nektos.

]]> Successful sperm whale expedition with Abyss/Darewin team. Our goal was to test an acoustic experiment including multi-cam and hydrophones to analyse sperm whale’s communication.

We opened the door to a new paradigm.

 

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