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.
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.
A rope swing on a palm tree is a very popular pastime in the Polynesian South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It is customary to swim fully clothed. On Sundays the island stops all activity and children swim and have fun together, sadly a way of life lost in
His uncle ferried us to this tiny little islands called Ofu to spend the day working on the series of pictures about the connection of young Tonga's kids and their Oceanic environment. Their incredibly low environmental footprint did not stop these kids
On our last day in Tonga we gambled it all and experimentally hacked the Canon 5D Mark II with Magic Lantern to be able to shot RAW footage (1728 x 972) this are some of the frames after being edited on Adobe Lightroom and NIK software, this are the results of the coming clips.
We experimentally hacked the Canon 5D Mark II with Magic Lantern to be able to shot RAW footage (1728 x 972) this are some of the frames after being edited on Adobe Lightroom and NIK software
On our last day in Tonga we gambled it all and experimentally hacked the Canon 5D Mark II with Magic Lantern to be able to shot RAW footage (1728 x 972) this are some of the frames after being edited on Adobe Lightroom and NIK software, this are the results of the coming clips.
On our last day in Tonga we gambled it all and experimentally hacked the Canon 5D Mark II with Magic Lantern to be able to shot RAW footage (1728 x 972) this are some of the frames after being edited on Adobe Lightroom and NIK software, this are the results of the coming clips.
Elisabeth Maleham and Alistair Coldrick free diving down to a huge coral reef formation in Vava'u.
Underwater cave in Vava'u
Interactions with the Humpback whales of tonga. Often once wonders who is watching who. An eye to eye contact with a Humpback whale in their environment where you are just a guest it's undoubtedly an epiphany for some of those who are lucky enough to liv
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