Wordless Wednesday 8/22/07

For this contribution to Wordless Wednesday I’ve chosen a picture of a humpback whale that I took a couple of years ago off the coast or Rye, New Hampshire. It was a rough day and the boat was being tossed around so much that it was hard to hold a camera straight. It also doesn’t help that the whales don’t give any warning of where they’re going to resurface, and so you have to wait for them to appear, point, focus, and shoot in double-quick time while your body is crashing against the hull of the boat.

The white pach you see under water is a lateral fin. What looks like blurring over the body is actually spray from the blowhole. I’d suggest viewing the large image to get a better impression.

Click on the image for a larger version.