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This male humpback put on quite a show, repeatedly diving and breaching, perhaps trying to see how much of his body he could get out of water. It was certainly something to see.
Kenai Fjords National Park
Alaska
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The setting sun reflects off this segment of the Philadelphia skyline with the tallest skyscraper, The Comcast Technology Center in the foreground. It is the tallest building in the city of Philadelphia and also the tallest building in Pennsylvania rising to 342 meters.
There only 13 building in the USA that are taller and they are either in Manhattan or Chicago.
Here's another Humpback Whale breaching at Gorda Banks off the southern tip of the Baja peninsula. The purpose of this energetically expensive activity is to communicate with other whales. But imagine the calories it takes to get 40 tons of whale into the air. I'm not sure why but they seem to be much more energetic when the weather is windy. Humpback Whales have unusually long pectoral fins that seem to flop about awkwardly when they breach. The name of their genus is Megaptera which translates as "enormous wings".
Humpback Whale Breach
Monterey Bay, California
The bay is loaded with anchovies right now. It is a great time to get out there. We had lunge feeding, tail slapping, head slapping, whales that swam right up to and pushed the boat, and this whale breached twice. I am useless at getting on a "once off" breach - my reaction time is too slow. But a second chance did it.
The winter storms took it`s toll on the sea defences at Climping in Sussex, complete wreckage of the old wooden groynes all along this stretch of coast where the flat land meets the sea, a spot i`ll be back to in the winter I think.
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Basalisk riles up his army before they cross the breach to plunder as much resonant crystal as they can.
Taken in Multiverse Online - SL Hero RP
Juvenile humpback feeding along with a massive pod of dolphins. Off the coast of San Diego, CA. A lot going on in this photo. Such an awesome experience to see up close.
Saw this amazing breach while out in Monterey Bay! Notice this is only at 90mm! They are so active right now its incredible!
Whale biologist Hal Whitehead defines a breach as when more than 40% of the animal is above water, whereas a lunge is when less than 40% appears. I remember that this adult Humpback Whale dropped back into the water straight after this shot, and I'd guess about 40% is on show, so this is a borderline breach. You can see water pouring out of its mouth (especially on the far side) and cascading down its back. I think the top of its pectoral fin is just visible if you zoom in, though it looks oddly absent. That misty area just left of its mouth is actually its breath as it quickly dissipates in the next pictures in the sequence. This was taken at Gorda Banks off the southern tip of the Baja peninsula.
Humpback Whales are visiting Eastern Australian Coast these days. This one may have considered feasting on the bird
A few more from my Moss Landing whale watching trip where we witnessed hundreds of breaches by a young whale. This youngster is the calf of CRC-12529 and called Google by some for the white patches around the eye.
This photo was a pivotal photo for me. Even though it is not as excellent or as sharp of a photo that I wish, wish, wish that I had taken, I recognize that the experience itself will always be something that I will cherish. How many people can say that they spent a half hour with a Lynx in the wild?
I think that every photographer probably has a “bucket list” of photos they would like to achieve. I too, have realized that I just might have one as well. I would love to photograph the Aurora Borealis, a Lion, an Eagle with a fish, an Owl with it’s supper, Lightning streaking across the sky, BigFoot, (Yup, I think I saw it - but that is another story), a Whale breaching, a Puffin, a Cougar, a Wolf, another Fox (I don’t want to get greedy though), an enchanted forest, deep in the woods with a mist rolling in, and perhaps, a Polar Bear - though I think I am done with bears for a while…
Oh, and I want to drive across Canada and take an amazing landscape that represents each province.
Well, I guess that’s it - for now anyway. Gotta go. My battery is charged and I have so much to see and so little time to get it into my camera…
Drune had disappeared and Bast needed a new home, she didn't expect wandering into Hell would be the answer
Here's a slightly wider "in habitat" shot of a breaching Humpback Whale showing the mountains and desert of the Baja peninsula in the background. I have posted a number of frame-filling breach shots so I thought I would try something a little different. I loved the way you can see the bulk of the whale collapsing like a deflating Zeppelin without the support of the water.