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Stock Photos of Humpback Whales by Professional Photographer Phillip Colla. Stock photography of Humpback Whales.
North Pacific humpback whale, cow/calf, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Mother And Calf, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale, breach, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Breach, Maui

 A humpback whale hovers motionless underwater in the ocean, inverted with head down and long pectoral fins held wide, near the Hawaiian island of Maui as it sings the famous Song of the Humpback Whale. Scientists have strong evidence that only male humpback whales sing, Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback Whale Singing, Maui

Humpback whale breaching with pectoral fins lifting spray from the ocean surface, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Breach, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale, peduncle throw, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Peduncle Throw, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale, escort in competitive group makes fast close pass, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

North Pacific humpback whale, peduncle throw, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Peduncle Throw, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale, mother and calf, research divers, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Mother And Calf, Maui

North Pacific humpback whale, S.E. Alaska, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Humpback whale breaching, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Breach, Maui

 Humpback whale holding fluke (tail) aloft out of the water, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

Humpback whale with one of its long pectoral fins raised aloft out of the water, swimming on its side (laterally) as it does so, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Pectoral Fin, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale, competitive male with wounded head nodules from colliding with other escorts during competitive interactions, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Male humpback whale with head raised out of the water, braking and pushing back at another whale by using pectoral fins spread in a crucifix block, during surface active social behaviours, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

Male humpback whale with head raised out of the water, braking and pushing back at another whale by using pectoral fins spread in a crucifix block, during surface active social behaviours, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (ventral aspect), Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Pectoral Fin, Maui

 Humpback whale surface active group including head lunge and two fluke swipes, whale watching boat, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Whale Watching, Maui

Humpback whale swimming inverted with both pectoral fin raised clear of the water, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Pectoral Fin, Maui

 Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (dorsal aspect), Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Pectoral Fin, Maui

 Humpback whale fluking up, ventral aspect of fluke visible, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

Humpback whale fluking up, raising tail before diving, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Humpback whale raising its fluke (tail) prior to a dive, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Humpback whale raising its fluke (tail) prior to a dive, Megaptera novaeangliae, Frederick Sound

Humpback Whale, Frederick Sound

Humpback whale holding fluke (tail) aloft out of the water, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Humpback whale performing a peduncle throw at the surface, swinging its fluke (tail) sideways and flinging water all over, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Peduncle Throw, Maui

 Humpback whale performing a peduncle throw at the surface, swinging its fluke (tail) sideways and flinging water all over, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Peduncle Throw, Maui

Humpback whale performing a peduncle throw at the surface, swinging its fluke (tail) sideways and flinging water all over, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui, San Diego, Hawaii

Humpback Whale Peduncle Throw, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale rounds out in front of whale watching boat, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Whale Watching, Maui

 Humpback whale lunging clear of the water and falling forward with pectoral fins extended, a behavior known as a head slap, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

Humpback whales a the surface, volcano and clouds, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Humpback whale raising fluke (tail) out of the water before making a dive, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Humpback whale performing a peduncle throw at the surface, swinging its fluke (tail) sideways and flinging water all over, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Peduncle Throw, Maui

North Pacific humpback whale at the surface with open mouth and inflated throat, in front of whale watching boat, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Head Lunge, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale rounds out near observers, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Humpback whale lunging out of the water at it reaches the surface, exhaling in a burst of bubbles, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Head Lunge, Maui

Humpback whale calf breaching, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whales, competitive group exhaling at the surface, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Humpback whale (male) singing, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Singing, Maui

Humpback whale (male) singing, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Singing, Maui

 Humpback whale mother, calf (top), male escort (rear), Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Mother And Calf, Maui

 Humpback whale performing a head slap, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Breach, Maui

Humpback whale performing a peduncle throw, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Peduncle Throw, Maui

 Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (dorsal aspect), Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Pectoral Fin, Maui

 Humpback whale raising its fluke (tail) prior to a dive, Megaptera novaeangliae, Frederick Sound

Humpback Whale, Frederick Sound

Humpback whale raising its fluke (tail) prior to a dive, Megaptera novaeangliae, Frederick Sound

Humpback Whale, Frederick Sound

 Humpback whale competitive group, surfacing and blowing, Megaptera novaeangliae, Molokai

Humpback Whale, Molokai

 North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

North Pacific humpback whale, male escort bubble streams alongside mother and calf, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Bubble Display, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale, primary escort bubble trails alongside female amid competitive group, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Bubble Display, Maui

 Humpback whale (male) singing, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Singing, Maui

Humpback whale competitive group, Islands Humpback Whale NMS, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale, pectoral fin, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback Whale Pectoral Fin, Maui

Updated: November 21, 2009