Dolphins & Whales

A group devoted to photographs and all types of art depicting dolphins and Whales.

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Featured Work

Dolphins Feeding by Kristi Lockwood

A group of Bottlenose Dolphin feed on a school of mullet in Crystal River, FL.. The dolphins have a unique strategy in capturing their prey. Each dolphin in the group has a specialized role during the feeding bout. One dolphin acts as a ‘driver’ while the rest act as a ‘barrier’. The ‘driver’ swims aggressively around the school of fish with strong tail slaps that drive the mullet towards the waiting ‘barrier’ dolphins. The mullet panic and leap out of the water in an attempt to escape only to be captured in mid-air by the dolphins. In this shot you can see a mullet going right into the waiting dolphin! __ / EXIF / Camera Make and Model: Canon EOS 20D / Shooting Date/Time: 2008/06/14 14:22:19 / TV (Shutter Speed): 1/1600 / AV (Aperature Value): F8.0 / Exposure Compensation: 0 / ISO Speed: 400 __ All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Kristi Lockwood. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited. All rights reserved. / ___
Curious by Miri

Last week I had the once in a lifetime opportunity to snorkel with Dwarf Minke Whales at Lighthouse Bommie on the Great Barrier Reef. It was AMAZING!! You hang off a rope on the back of the boat & if you’re quiet & calm these creatures come to check you out. They get within 1-2m of you & they are between 4-6m long. They swim past, look you in the eye, sometime give you a belly roll…..just fantastic! Not much is known about them, like where they’ve been or where they go but they always seem to turn up at this place at this time. All the photos we took were donated to the James Cook Uni’s research team as they are working on understanding more about these wonderful creatures. Each whale has unique patterns on it’s fins & sides, which are even different on its left & right side, so the researchers are building up a database to id which whales come back. And all those small white scars on its back are from the ‘Cookie Cutter Shark’ which lives out in the ocean and has a circular hinged jaw which latches onto the whale and takes out a chunk of blubber – yuck! Here’s the project’s website for more info Minke Whale Project It was truly a wonderful wonderful experience.
Rainbow Orcas by migaloomagic

Rainbow Orca Family(Little Lost Orca’s Pod) / Digital Design / Adobe Photoshop / TShirts, Prints and Greeting Card / Ideal for Children/Boys or Girls / Rainbow Orca Family (Little Lost Orca’s Pod) / / also, this design is available in Children’s sizes and Baby Apparel @ Karin’s Zazzle Store / Little Lost Orca
Show off by Notabamafan

Dolphin out in Wolf Bay,Alabama
Tail drag by Phil Threlfall

This dolphin has only a partial left flipper, and large scarring on the side of the head. / Doesn’t deter her from tail dragging, and jumping with the best of them.
Creation by Wendy Slee KMA

She drifts in the womb of the world, / holding the history of the universe in her heart, / waiting, / waiting, / waiting, / for the time when it will be safe to emerge, / a time when humanity has forgotten their craziness, / and resolved their greed, and healed their emptiness, / a time when they will truly honour creation.
Underwater race by kimwild

One of my favourite subjects…Dolphins, seen here during the sardine season, off Port St Johns in the Transkei.
Humpback Whale by Mike Connor

A humpback whale breaching in Hervey Bay Australia
where to go by steen

right in the midst of industry world, dolphins frolic and surfers dodge em
Humpback Whale breach by Raphaela Sampaio

Humpback Whale breach
Humpback Tail by Sharon Wormleaton

Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae. The original of an earlier one I uploaded with a fancy border. Photo taken at Hervey Bay, Queensland. / . / Part of the Humpback Whale cards series. / Click here to view series / Other series include: / African wildlife / Desert Elephants of Namibia / Australian mammal cards / Australian mammals: prints and cards / Australian birds / Black and whites / Landscapes / Reptiles
Smile! by Bramble

She really was the most inquisitive of creatures!

Recent Work

La Mer by TGP3

I saw the female humpback whale out of the corner of my eye and immediately took a photo before she disappeared into the water.
Dolphins Feeding by Kristi Lockwood

A group of Bottlenose Dolphin feed on a school of mullet in Crystal River, FL.. The dolphins have a unique strategy in capturing their prey. Each dolphin in the group has a specialized role during the feeding bout. One dolphin acts as a ‘driver’ while the rest act as a ‘barrier’. The ‘driver’ swims aggressively around the school of fish with strong tail slaps that drive the mullet towards the waiting ‘barrier’ dolphins. The mullet panic and leap out of the water in an attempt to escape only to be captured in mid-air by the dolphins. In this shot you can see a mullet going right into the waiting dolphin! __ / EXIF / Camera Make and Model: Canon EOS 20D / Shooting Date/Time: 2008/06/14 14:22:19 / TV (Shutter Speed): 1/1600 / AV (Aperature Value): F8.0 / Exposure Compensation: 0 / ISO Speed: 400 __ All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Kristi Lockwood. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited. All rights reserved. / ___
Whale by Imagematrix

Portrait of a Whale
Dolphins by KristaLynn1807

Dolphin Sculpture At Vallejo CA
Hidden Orca by KristaLynn1807

Can You Find Her
Orca Whale by KristaLynn1807

Discovery Kingdom CA.
Beautiful Orca Whale by KristaLynn1807

Discovery Kingdome Vallejo CA
Hello by Laura Thai

A female I think. — / Taken at the MN Zoo
The crowd by Phil Threlfall

Lots of surfers out this day