Humpback

I was laying in bed and heard noises. At first I just ignored but then my brain thought "whales"! I looked out and a giant humpback was OUT of the water breaching. I ran for my camera, put in a card and quickly got the settings right. By the time this was done I had heard/seen 5 splashes. Now that I was ready, they stopped so I didn't get the money shot but I did get this one of it in the process of slapping. You can see it was quite close to shore.

[bkb in the city]

Well at least you got to watch

[JackieR]

You know what? Seeing is better that photographing and what an privelage to see it!!

[*lynn]

beautiful photo, love the layers ... What a fantastic experience!

[Diana]

Fabulous capture and experience, such a thrilling sight when they do that!

[Jacqueline]

What a wonderful surprise, you never forget what you saw! Lovely layers too!

[Fisher Family]

A beautiful sight, you were so fortunate to see a whale like that!

Ian

[Jane Pittenger]

awesome

[carol white]

Great capture.Fav😊

[Linda Godwin]

Fantastic to get to see!!

[gloria jones]

Wow...Great capture

[Casablanca]

Your narrative made me smile 😁

[Mags]

Marvelsous!

[Agnes]

Awesome

[Beryl Lloyd]

Waw ! superb !

[Lou Ann]

An awesome capture, still!

[Kitty Hawke]

Wow.....what lovely experience.

[LManning (Laura)]

How special to have this outside your window! The light is beautiful.

[Shutterbug]

Terrific to see whales and I love the layered background.

[Helen Jane]

what a delight to see

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome

[Phil Howcroft]

what a lovely moment

[william wooderson]

I'm glad you didn't ignore it! Fav.

[Babs]

I never have much success at photographing whales but I enjoy just watching them. I have to go to Boat Harbour to see them though, not lucky enough to see them from my house.

[Islandgirl]

Awesome experience to watch!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I can't imagine how awesome it must be to see this- keep that camera loaded for the next time!

[Esther Rosenberg]

That must have been so cool to watch! You still pulled off a great shot!
I once shoot great photo's to find out later the memory card was still on my desk .....I now try to keep my camera " ready"....but not being a professional... it is still a 50/50 LOL.

[Joan Robillard]

I thought for a second it was a wind surfer

[Kathy A]

Such a fabulous sight to see

[Kathy]

How exciting. I've tried to go whale watching on both coasts and each time the trip was cancelled.

[eDorre]

Amazing!

[haskar]

Great to get to see! Lovely layers.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, very cool.

[Harry J Benson]

Nice action capture

[Marloes]

Wow!

[Call me Joe]

❤️👌❤️

[tony gig]

Wonderful shot of nature...

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Great capture

[Boxplayer]

Just magnificent.