View Winner

Platinum

TrekLightly

Killer Whales Surfacing

Killer Whales Surfacing

Pod of six Killer Whales approached our boat in Alaska. They took one last breath before going under us. Killer Whales should never be kept in captivity - RIP...
Read more

Pod of six Killer Whales approached our boat in Alaska. They took one last breath before going under us. Killer Whales should never be kept in captivity - RIP Tilikum!
Read less

camera

Canon EOS 5D

settings

settings

Aperture 8/1 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 115/1

upload_date

upload_date

Jan, 2017

Views

1546

Likes

+212

Awards

Top Shot Award 22

Featured

Winner in The Aquatic Life Photo Challenge

Winner in Wild Killer Whales Photo Challenge

View more

Peer Award

+305

Magnificent Capture

+15

Absolute Masterpiece

+14

Top Choice

+14

Superb Composition

+6

Outstanding Creativity

All Star

Superior Skill

Virtuoso

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 30 rank

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Categories

Ultimate

This is so beautiful!!! Great capture!!! Magnificent creatures.

Platinum

Thank you Sandy

PRO+

Excellent photo!

Platinum

Thank you

Congrats on my challenge win! This is a stunning shot! :)

Platinum

Thank you so much Jenny!!!

Just beautiful, reminds me of growing up in the Puget Sound. Congrats

Platinum

What a great shot

Amazing picture!!

See all

Same photographer See all

Last light on Mount Hood as a full moon rises above Lost Lake in Oregon, USA.

Polar bears waiting for the ice to return to Kaktovik, Alaska

Female falcon sitting on a thorny perch in Tanzania. They are the smallest raptor in Africa.

Risso's Dolphin

This was the last shot I was able to get with this lens before he was too close to focus on.

Zodiac cruise past one of many interesting icebergs just south of the Lemaire Channel in the Antarctic.

The arch collapsed shortly after this photo

Coyotes living on a sandbar island in Baja Mexico.

The island fox is a very small fox, about the size of a house cat, that is native to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. There are six sub

Shot from an inflatable boat looking up at a sleeping leopard seal when all of a sudden he woke up and yawned. I would not want to be a penguin any w

Our 12 year old English Pointer loves to run. Shot during our 5 week RV trip from Los Angeles to Jasper NP, this one is from Tofino, BC

We flew in a de Havilland Beaver floatplane from Homer to a small pond in the northern part of the Katmai Preserve. Shortly after leaving the plane a

The strong sunlight reflecting off of the snake's scales created a bokeh effect.

A Lioness with her four grown cubs took down a full size male cape buffalo. We were watching this group earlier as they tried to separate out one of

One of a very few desert dwelling elephants in Namibia.

An African Elephant enjoying a shower in the Wild!

Perched on an acacia (whistling thorn) tree in Tanzania.

Common Dolphin playing in the wake - California

Discover more photos See all

This photography in Indonesia at a place where a rainforest meets the ocean in a pretty magical way. by sourmondays

Emanations by haksu

This is just after a light rain shower & the young leopard was liking the raindrops of his mother’s coat by Abulman

What a treat to see a lion living in the wild! The official estimate for the number of lions living in Kenya has increased 25% to 2,489, according to by ericcriswell

Bob in a Box by melissa3339

I wouldn't argue with him! Would you? by KimTR

Things you come across when hiking. An abandoned Sloth guards an abandoned mine. Good job there was nothing to steal, he wasn't the most active o by XoniUelo2

Was so very lucky to come around a curve in the road and have this lynx walking towards me. I pulled over and parked, grabbed my camera and starting s by DJMayImages

Autumn Deer by inspyred

A weathered bison bull gazes across the vast Yellowstone landscape while molting his winter coat. by JeffNBrenner

A badger in the last ray of sunshine that finds its way through the dense forest. by kurtdemeulemeester

Chinstrap penguins are wating for the new member of family. by ahmetanak

A silvery-grey kitten with a luxuriously long coat sits poised, its yellow eyes gazing softly forward, embodying the serene beauty of its breed. by pavelphotos

Resting after eating her kill in the Serengeti, Tanzania, Africa by SJRatcliffe

Gypsy Cob stallion "Legacy" on the Utah Salt Flats by Samantha_Dawn

Curious Gentoo Penguin watches as a zodiac of visitors departs. Antarctica by Cobypix

My lovely cat by CameraLucida

One heron on a night hunt.
A shot of one bird using the multi-exposure technique.
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea). Wild, Hungary 2022-01 by EuroBen

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.