17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Humpback whale fluke
I often find myself searching for the proper adjectives to describe these types of encounters with Humpback whales. The words exist yet they stall at the tip of your tongue. It is so emotionally moving to share the waters with these sentient ocean leviathans...a creature who is equally curious about you as you are of it. This Humpback calf rolled and frolicked at the surface, swishing it's giant fluke before returning back down to mom resting below.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 08.2019 |
Date Uploaded: | 08.2019 |
Photo Location: | n/a Open water, Tonga |
Camera: | Canon EOS 5D Mark III |
Copyright: | © Shane Keena |