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Content Published October 5, 2014

Lift me up...

A Humpback whale mother helps it's playful calf to get some air after a brief interaction with a group of snorkelers at the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga.

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Content Published August 14, 2015

Free-dive

A Humpback whale calf dives down after coming up to the surface to breath while it's mother showing remora fish feeding off the dead skin awaits just a few metres below in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga.

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Content Published August 14, 2015

Lift me up...

A Humpback whale mother helps it's playful calf to get some air after a brief interaction with a group of snorkelers at the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga.

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Content Published October 7, 2014

Our first whale swim 2

It can be very cahotic the first time you get in the water with whales, the nerves, the anticipation, the months of logistical preparation making sure the gear is up to scratch, the swell, all adds up to make your first dive an unforgetabble experince even if it lasts just for a few seconds like in this case in the islad of Eua where we were lucky enough to be taken out in the water by local fisherman Kiko, AKA "the whale whisperer".

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Content Published October 5, 2014

Mother and calf

A man filiming with a Gopro a Humpback whale calf while and mother looking closely, while snorkeling in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga.

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Whale Portraits

Humpback whale mothers show an incredible tenderness and loving awareness towards their calfs, we managed to be able to capture some of that overwhelming bond on some of these images while snorkeling in South Pacific in the Archipelago of Vava'u.
Black and White landscapes

A Humpback whale calf dives down after coming up to the surface to breath while it's mother gently taps the calf with it;s huge pectoral fin signaling to get closer to her in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga.
Digital wet plates (The whales of Tonga)

Following the migration of the Humpback whales from the Antarctic Ocean into the warmer waters of the South Pacific. La estación migratoria desde el Oceano Antártico ya ha comenzado, las ballenas preñadas a punto de parir empiezan a buscar aguas más cáli

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Winner "Fine Art Photography Awards 2015"

Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) London, UK (30 July, 2015) announces winners of 1st FAPA competition. Photographer José Javier Delgado Esteban was awarded First Prize in Wildlife / Animals for the entry entitled Whale Nation: Humpback Whales of the… Read more
Winner Gold Medal "Prix de la Photographie Paris" 2016.

José Javier Delgado Esteban of Spain was Awarded: First Prize in category Press for the entry entitled, " Like fish out of water ." The jury selected PX3 2016’s winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries. Read more
Bronze Medal "Prix de la Photographie Paris" 2016

José Javier Delgado Esteban of Spain was Awarded: Third Prize in category Nature for the entry entitled, " Like fish out of water ." The jury selected PX3 2016’s winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries. Read more

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