I’ve only been on a whale watching tour once, in Monterey Bay, California (though I have seen them in Hawaii and Alaska). This was my favorite image from that cruise in Monterey Bay – we saw several Humpback Whales breaching and splashing but there was this one whose tail came up and out of the water when I captured the photo.
I love the position of its tail and the water dripping off the tail. The face that there is nothing but the sea (and the cloudy sky) in the rest of the image draws your eye to the tail itself. There is not much color in the photo but I feel that adds to the mood.