Waving
by Shoal Hollingsworth
Title
Waving
Artist
Shoal Hollingsworth
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A breaching humpback whale taking a breath. 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 (33)
Rachel Morrison
Super shot! Congratulations on your win in the Captain there by Whales contest! LF/Voted
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
Wow what a marvelous capture and a superb timing Shoal!! the visuals and energy is super amazing. love this one!! L/F
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your artwork on the homepage of The Artists Group, 6/15/2020! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Shoal, on your win in A Black Animal Contest. So well deserved - what an amazing capture!