"Humpback Mother and Calf" Size:24X36 We are weightless

We are weightless

hundreds of overlapping macro photographs were taken at a measured distance

They are extremely complex and fragile systems

The Bumphead wrasse make their way across the reef in “Migration”

have threatened the kelp forests of Southern California

"Humpback Mother and Calf" Size:24X36 We are weightlessNorth Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring. Phillip Colla is a photographer and natural history writer specializing in wild marine mammals, the California kelp forest, and inhabitants of remote eastern Pacific islands. His photographs, including images of whales, dolphins and