Photographer Captures Close Encounters of the Whale Kind

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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif- Bill Bouton is a bird photographer and was hoping to get some great shots of birds along the coast of San Luis Obispo and not whales. However, "after a disappointing day of bird photography" Bouton was left with these photos of a humpback whale as a consolation prize.

Check back for an interview with photographer Bill Bouton as he talks about how he stumbled upon the scene.

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