Strike A Pose

Strike a Pose was photographed during an encounter with humpback whales in Baja California in 2026.

Without warning, one of the whales launched itself from the ocean.

For a fraction of a second, almost the entire animal was suspended above the surface, its enormous body caught between sea and sky before gravity pulled it back into the water.

Behind it, the mountains of Baja faded into their characteristic purple tones, giving the moment an unmistakable sense of place.

Breaching is one of the most spectacular behaviours a humpback whale can display, but it happens incredibly quickly. By the time you hear the impact, the photograph has already been made or missed.

Strike a Pose is a photograph about that split second, one of the ocean’s largest animals briefly leaving its world behind, framed against the wild landscape of Baja California.