Umzabalazo wokuThatha iiFoto zeMnenga

NguChris Palmer, iLungu leBhodi yeeNgcebiso ze-TOF

Besishiyeke neentsuku ezimbini kuphela imozulu ibisiya ivala kwaye isiya sisiphango. Besingekawufumani umfanekiso ebesiwufuna kwaye uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwethu luya luphelelwa ngamandla. Amathuba ethu okuthatha umfanekiso onika umdla weminenga elungile kwiPeninsula Valdes eArgentina ebencipha ngeyure.

Isimo sengqondo sabasebenzi befilimu sasiba mnyama njengoko sasiqala ukubona ukuba kunokwenzeka ngokwenene ukuba emva kweenyanga zomgudu onzima sinokungaphumeleli ukwenza ifilimu malunga noko kufuneka kwenziwe ukuze kugcinwe iminenga.
Ukuze sisindise iilwandlekazi kwaye soyise abo baya kuzonakalisa kwaye baziphange, kufuneka sifune kwaye sifumane umfanekiso oshukumayo onamandla oza kufikelela nzulu ezintliziyweni zabantu, kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku konke ebesikubambile ibiziimbumbulu ezingonwabisiyo, zesiqhelo.

Kwabakho ukuphelelwa lithemba. Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa, imali yethu yayiza kuchithwa, kwanezo ntsuku zimbini zazinokunqunyulwa ngumoya ovuthuzayo neemvula, nto leyo eyayisenza ukuba ukufota kungenzeki.

Iikhamera zethu zaziphezulu kumawa ajonge itheku apho unina nethole i-right whales yayincancisa yaye idlala—yaye ilumkele ookrebe.

Ukothuka kwethu okwandayo kwasenza ukuba senze into ebesingayi kucinga ukuyenza ngokuqhelekileyo. Ngokuqhelekileyo xa sibhanyabhanya izilwanyana zasendle, senza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuba singaphazamisi okanye siziphazamisi izilwanyana esizenzayo. Kodwa sikhokelwa sisazi ngebhayoloji esidumileyo uGqr. Roger Payne, naye owayesalathisa lo mboniso bhanyabhanya, sehla eweni saya elwandle saza sasasaza izandi zeminenga emanzini ngelinge lokutsalela iminenga kwichweba elingasekunene elilindileyo. iikhamera.
Emva kweeyure ezimbini savuya gqitha xa kwafika umnenga owawuyedwa kufuphi yaye iikhamera zethu zatsho zatshona. Uvuyo lwethu lwajika lwaba luvuyo njengoko kwakungena omnye umnenga, kwaza kwalandela owesithathu.

Omnye woosonzululwazi bethu uzinikele ekunyukeni ezantsi emaweni kwaye adade kunye neleviathan. Wayekwazi nokujonga imeko yolusu lweminenga ngaxeshanye. Wanxiba isuti ebomvu emanzi waze ngobugorha watyibilika emanzini kunye namaza alatyuzayo nezitshizayo kunye nezilwanyana ezincancisayo.

Wayesazi ukuba umfanekiso webhinqa eliyisazi ngebhayoloji lalidada nezi zidalwa zikhulu liza kwenza “imali eninzi,” yaye wayeyazi ukuba sasiphantsi koxinzelelo lokufuna ukudutyulwa.

Njengoko sasihleli neekhamera zethu sibukele lo mboniso usenzeka, iimpuku zazibaleka zizimele kwiintaka ezizingelayo. Kodwa sasingakhathali. Ingqwalasela yethu yonke yayikwindawo engezantsi yenzululwazi edada neminenga. Injongo yefilimu yethu ibikukukhuthaza ukulondolozwa kweminenga kwaye besisazi ukuba isizathu siza kuphuhliswa ngolu kudubula. Ukuxhalaba kwethu malunga nokudutyulwa kwehle kancinci.

Kwisithuba esingangonyaka kamva, emva kweminye imiboniso emininzi enzima, ekugqibeleni sayila ifilimu ebizwa ngokuba Makhoba, eyanceda ekukhuthazeni ukulondolozwa kweminenga.

Unjingalwazi uChris Palmer ungumalathisi weZiko leYunivesithi yaseMelika leMveliso yeFilimu yokusiNgqongileyo kunye nombhali wencwadi yaseSierra Club “Ukudutyulwa endle: Iakhawunti yangaphakathi yokwenza iimuvi kuBukumkani beZilwanyana.” UkwanguMongameli we-One World One Ocean Foundation kwaye ukhonza kwiBhodi yeeNgcebiso yeThe Ocean Foundation.