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PetaPixel - Photographer Catches Whale Breaching Next to a Fishing Boat

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Post time 22-7-2021 01:18 AM | Show all posts |Read mode
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MICHAEL ZHANG


A photographer was on a whale-watching trip when he unexpectedly captured incredible photos of a large humpback whale exploding out of the water right next to an unsuspecting fisherman on his boat.

Photographer Douglas Croft was in California’s Monterey Bay on April 27th back in 2019 when the memorable moment occurred.

“It was quite exciting! Salmon season coincides with the time when humpbacks are returning to Monterey Bay to feed for the summer and there were hundreds of boats on the bay fishing,” Croft said.

Humpback whales will often do a series of breaches, so when Croft spotted this whale doing jumps, he made sure he was ready.

“This whale had breached a couple of times before this and many times they’ll just keep doing it,” the then 60-year-old photographer stated.




While most whale watchers may shoot from the deck in the open air, Croft managed to capture this special perspective showing the whale’s sheer size next to a fishing boat by going lower.


“I went below deck to shoot from a porthole close to the water line,” Croft said. “That’s what gives this amazing perspective of looking up at the whale.

“That the breach was directly behind the fishing boat makes really shows the size. Since the boat is closer, it should look bigger, but the whale is huge! If I’d been the fisherman, I’d probably need some new underwear.”

Croft writes that he was initially disappointed that the fishing boat had blocked his shot, but upon reviewing the results he realized that the boat actually helped make the once-in-a-lifetime photo.

“When this breach happened, I was annoyed that the fishing boat was in the way, but then I looked at the back of my camera and knew that it had been a fortuitous thing,” he states.

Fellow whale watcher Kate Cummings was able to capture a great video of this same breach from a higher perspective:





“The whale had already breached multiple times much further away from the fisherman,” Cummings said. “But sometimes when whales breach multiple times, they’re also heading a specific direction when they’re underwater building momentum for the next breach.

“I figured the next breach would be around the fisherman because the whale was heading that way and sure enough! Though I didn’t expect the whale and the boat to line up so perfectly.”

Image credits: Photographs by Douglas Croft/Caters News


LINK - https://petapixel.com/2021/07/21/photographer-catches-whale-breaching-next-to-a-fishing-boat/

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Post time 22-7-2021 09:30 AM | Show all posts
whale nyer menu salmon sekarang ni ...yeslah summer kan ...

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Post time 22-7-2021 03:21 PM | Show all posts
apa perasaan pemandu bot tu agaknya

kot time tu dia tengah mengelamun

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Post time 29-7-2021 12:41 AM From the mobile phone | Show all posts
Mmg rare dpt snap mcm ni. Kita pun suka ambik2 pic sepontan dan unik2.

TT.. blh ke tepek pic rare mcm ni kat sini?
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Post time 29-7-2021 12:55 AM From the mobile phone | Show all posts
Besarnya….. hebat teknik photographer ni dapat rezeki ambil gambar yang rare
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