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Content Published October 4, 2014

Upside down

A Humpback whale calf dives down after coming up to the surface to breath while it's mother awaits just a few metres below in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga.

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Content Published October 4, 2014

Concious breathing

Baby whales can only stay for short periods underwater so they spend most of their time close to the surface while the mother watches closely just a few metres below. This is a digital wetplate produced with some of the images I took in July 2014 while snorkeling in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga.

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