Orca Whale

[DanWalters]

Captured this young orca in the San Juan Islands in WA. This is a great area to see the orcas. Thanks for looking.

Canon 20D
300mm f4 IS lens

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Dan,
The highlights on the blacks are somewhat distracting but the movement captured is very cool. Ideally the front fin would be behind the other Orca............but we can't always get what we want! Taking a bit of room off front and adding it to the back for a "virtual tail" might help also.

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Hi Dan,
This is one species I would love to photograph one day. But I think it is not an easy subject when it comes to pleasing compositions. I agree with Roman's composition improvement suggestions, although ideally that should have been done in the field. Would love to see another one of your Orca images posted here.

[DanWalters]

Thanks for the suggestions! They are not easy to photograph, especially since I live in Colorado and got only make it occasionally out there.
Hope to make out there soon, however.