Swimming with Newborn Whale, 與新出生的鯨魚游泳

“I think especially with me being from inland Germany (where it’s) landlocked, I’m even more stoked (to be doing this). I think I’m in love with whales. Haha”. (Photo by Rita Kluge/The Guardian)

With the humpback calving season drawing to a close, here’s a look at some of Rita Kluge’s distinctive marine photos from the south Pacific. The Sydney-based photographer fell in love with whales after witnessing southern rights from the New South Wales coastline as they travelled to and from their feeding grounds in the Antarctic. She has since been to Tonga, where humpbacks breed and calf in winter months, to photograph them in the water. “To look into a whale’s eye is life-changing”, she says. “When you’re right next to dolphins, sharks, whales, turtles – (close enough) that you could reach them for a tickle – it’s not surprising that you just fall for them”. (Photo by Rita Kluge/The Guardian)

“You stop photographing and wave to them just to say thank you. It’s emotional, maybe like a blessing. I can’t explain it better, you just have to go and see yourself”. (Photo by Rita Kluge/The Guardian)

“This is Lisa free-diving in Swallows Cave, Tonga, the most beautiful stopover”. (Photo by Rita Kluge/The Guardian)

“Looking through that wide-angle lens you get a shock or thrill to see how close you actually are. We are just little dots in the water next to a 14 metre whale which weighs about 35 to 40 tonnes”. (Photo by Rita Kluge/The Guardian)
Swimming with Newborn Whales
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