Pectoral Fin Slap
by Shoal Hollingsworth
Title
Pectoral Fin Slap
Artist
Shoal Hollingsworth
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This is a humpback whale playing with kelp and fin slapping. This whale is nicnamed Bowman after my father. Here is a link to this whales website http://www.happywhale.com/individual/1826. The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is one of the larger rorqual species, with adults ranging in length from 39–52 ft and weighing around 28–33 tons. The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is known for breaching and other distinctive surface behaviors, making it popular with whale watchers.
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October 18th, 2015
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Comments (6)
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
This is a fantastic and appealing capture of a whale waving hello Shoal!! outstanding details, timing and composition. the whale is totally on your side for this shoot!! L/F
Anthony Jones
Beautiful work, Shoal! Thank you for submitting your artwork to the Southern California Artist Collective Group where the image is now featured on the home page. Feel free to post this in the Featured archive in the group discussion page.section L/F