Ode to Joy

You have to be very lucky to get everything working your way. I wasn’t

that lucky! But I was fortunate enough to get a Humpback Whale jumping

right in front of the boat I was in with the camera bursting in the

right direction. However, the boat was facing outwards, in the

opposite direction of the shore. I turned 180° and took a picture to

use later as a background (obviously flipped to match the light

direction). I’m glad I did it. A bit of Photoshop work at home

produced this image. In a way not too far from reality: the Humpback

Whale was still in its own habitat!

.........thank you for the "how,what,why and when" intro to this image. Your preamble takes nothing away from the action of the whale. What you have achieved, both in photography and post processing, is an amazing image. One to be proud of.

Congrats............. this is good.

Regards 

Well worked out, pleasing photo

Stefan,

  Amazing capture with perfect timing.  Thanks for sharing.  Take care, Patsy

Thank you for visiting and for the encouraging words.

this is great!

A unique moment indeed, Congrats and thanks for sharing