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Eubalaena australis


Eubalaena australis
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Copyright: Ferran J Lloret (ferranjlloret) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 499 W: 57 N: 1348] (4742)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-12
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 40 D, Canon EF 100-400 mm F4.5-5.6L IS USM
Exposure: f/8, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Mammals of South America, Whales, Orca's, Sharks and Dolphins! [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-02-16 5:28
Viewed: 1110
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as the Right Whale belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Around 7,500 Southern Right Whales are spread throughout the southern part of the Southern Hemisphere.
Southern Right Whales spend the summer months in the far Southern Ocean feeding, probably close to Antarctica. They migrate north in winter for breeding and can be seen around the coasts of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Mozambique, New Zealand and South Africa. The total population is estimated to be between seven and eight thousand. Since hunting of the Southern Right Whale ceased, stocks are estimated to have grown by 7% a year. It appears that the South American, South African and Australasian groups intermix very little, if at all, because the fidelity of a mother to its feeding and calving habitats is very strong.

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This photo is taken in Golfo Nuevo, Península Valdés, Chubut, Argentina. Original format.
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  • Elanor (50)
  • [2008-02-16 5:33]

Nice photo! Lovely colours (the blue is stunning), great details!

Hi Ferran,
Great detail, good light.
Maybe a little too close, but lovely anyway.
Do you have more pictures like that?
Regards,
George

Muito belo e recompensador estar diante de um peixe grande com a maquina para fotografar,parabéns por este momento e por esta foto.
Nilson

amazig capture, TFS Ori

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