Humpback whale, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Humpback whale, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.
We were lucky to get some good shots of breaching Humpbacks on our whale watching trip to Baja California. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
YURAYGIR NATIONAL PARK Northern N.S.W,via Yamba Afabulous retreat to relax, passionate about sitting near by a beach and painting A truly magical place lots of dolphins leaping and whales going by during May to October to their Northern breeding grounds . A Surfing Paradise too /
A baby humpback whale heads towards the surface for his next breath. / Photo taken in Roca Partida a tiny islet belonging to the Revillagigedo archipielago, 220 miles south of Cabo San Lucas in the Mexican Pacific.
Humpback whale and its baby. Photo taken in Roca Partida, Revillagigedo Islands – Mexico
Humpback Whale breach at Twofold Bay – Eden NSW, Australia
Cape Cod, Mass / August 2008
An enormous Humpback skims past my kayak revealing it’s scared tail.
Okay, so there I was in my little kayak slowly cruising near the Pali (cliffs) of Maui, when out out the shallow water came the biggest fish I have ever seen! I must have pee’d in my pants. My camera was in my hands already, but the auto-focus was jumping all over the place. It was sort of a slow-motion nightmare, except that it was really cool after I realized that this hummer wasn’t actually going to land in my teeny little boat. I managed to get one photo. Whew.
It’s a Small World / Some environments are shrinking at an alarming rate. Some other RubyRed environmental tees: / / /
We were lucky to get some shots of breaching Humpbacks on our whale watching trip to Baja California. / / /
The mighty Humpback Whales are making their way back to Maui, for the birthing and mating season. The swim from Alaska, where they have been feeding for the past 8 months. I made this image last year, and just dug it up from the depths of a long-lost hard drive. It is time to get the kayak out again, for more excitement with my big buddies. The nearshore waters of Maui County are a national marine sanctuary.
This male Humpback was in full song voice for his mate off the N.W. coast of Mexico… I had mabie 20 minutes of him dancing before me with in 30 feet or so then wooshhh… he was gone.. Perhaps he had found her aye…? Anyway.. gonna be posting more of them along with other various wildlife species from this area to make a calender with so I certainly do not expect comments left on them all.. but.. if you see one you like alot… please let me know to help select their order of sequence… If you wish to listen to him sing too… that would be Here Nikon D60 55~ 200 ~ ... / Resizing always avail… Thanks for cking him out… :)
I saw & felt this male Humpback Whale jumping out of the water from our very small fishing boat. It was a spectacular exp for me… Something I will never forget. Humpbacks are known as the acrobats of the ocean, often seen breaching (jumping out of the water), and flipper and tail slapping. For what purpose are these actions? These activities performed by surface active groups are usually involved in breeding behaviors. Researchers think the males are competing for the chance to mate with available females. Some of the behaviors shown were breaching, flipper/pec (pectoral fin) slapping and tail slapping. Breaches and slaps, in addition to being aggressive displays during courtship, may also be a play behavior in juvenile and adult whales Breaches and slaps may also be used to remove pesky barnacles or old skin (a form of grooming). The average length of a humpback whale? / Calves can be about 15 feet in length. Adults are about 45-50 feet.~ Nikon D60/55-200 / N.W. Mexico / Jan-2009 1802 views / 11-09
WILD & FREE This Californian Sea Lion was having a nice nap on the rocks. / / Baja California – Mexico / / /
Mum and baby humpback whales in Revillagigedo islands, Mexico
Feature Image – Alaska Beyond your Dreams Group On a Kenai Fjords charter the wildlife abounds. We were rewarded with many species including this enthusiastic Humpback Whale. / Wikepedia “Kenai Fjords National Park is a United States National Park established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The park covers an area of approximately 1,760 mi2 on the Kenai Peninsula in southcentral Alaska, near the town of Seward. The park contains the Harding Icefield, one of the largest ice fields in the United States. The park is named for the numerous fjords carved by glaciers moving down the mountains from the ice field. The field is the source of at least 38 glaciers, the largest of which is Bear Glacier.[1]” From a day on the Kenai National Park Alaska June’08 Nikon D40X
Humpback whales breaching the water and feeding on salmon. Can you find the whale’s eye and the salmon jumping out of the water? products are created using a razor sharp image and large file size. Calendars Too: Calendar Gallery
This whale was bubble feeding all by himself in the entrance to our harbor. Lone bubble feeding is just not something you get to see very often and was a first for me! He also got so close to the rocks, with one flipper in the air, that he had to have been getting quite a belly or back rub at the same time! They go in close to get all the little feed hiding in the kelp. We enjoyed watching his feeding techniques for about a half an hour. June 14, 2009 / D90 18-200mm Lens / Water leveled and cropped. Increased contrast.
Humpback whale breaching in the fabulous, rich whale feeding grounds of Frederick Sound/Stephen’s Passage near Petersburg, Alaska, USA. Petersburg is situated on Mitkof Island in Alaska’s Inside Passage. While humpbacks collect barnacles by the ton, this particular cetacean sported the most barnacles I’ve ever seen on a humpback whale. This particular humpback whale breached continuously for 50 minutes! No doubt there was some reason for this amazing expenditure of energy but it just plain looked as if this whale was having fun. Gads, I love Alaska! Surely this is God’s country. Canon 40D, Canon 10-400mm lens, shutter 1/1250, f/11.0, focal length 235mm, ISO 400, handheld. August 13, 2009
Image taken in Tonga August 2009
Breaching humpback whale. Frederick Sound near Petersburg, Alaska, USA. Canon 40D, Canon 100-400mm lens, shutter 1250, f/11.0, focal length 235mm, ISO 400. August 13, 2009 Featured In: / Alaska-Beyond Your Dreams / 300+ Go Long!
Continuing my love affair with humpback whales…this whale seemed to be dancing as it became airborne in the midst of its breach. This whale breached many times in the midst of a rain squall. Such a graceful animal! I am in awe of these creatures. Somehow the monochromatic palette of gray and black lends itself to the largely solitary existence of humpback whales as they roam the world’s oceans on their great migrations. Frederick Sound near Petersburg, Alaska, USA. Canon 40D, Canon 100-400mm lens, shutter 1/640, f/9.0, exposure bias 0.33, focal length 340mm, ISO 400. August 11, 2009
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