Halfhearted
By Douglas Croft
“A halfhearted breach by a humpback whale in Monterey Bay. It could be
expected, since she had already leaped from the water roughly 20 times before
this, and it takes a lot of energy when you weigh 40 tons. We watched this
whale for an hour as she repeatedly did full breaches, chin slaps, half breaches
and then more full breaches. It was an amazing show of strength and stamina.”
³ Nikon D500, Tamron 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD at 240mm. Expo-
sure: 1/2000 sec., ƒ/11, ISO 400.
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