POTW – April 1 – Race Rock Lighthouse

I took this shot while out on a Orca whale watching during my vacation on Vancouver Island last summer. It was the only pretty day I got on the trip. We were lucky to watch a playful transient pool of Orcas that day. After watching the juvenile porpoise in and out of the water for a while, we headed off to towards Race Rock. The clouds were starting roll back in when we got there, nearly swallowing the Washington mountains in the distance.

Photo details: 1/500 sec at f/5.0, 116 mm, ISO 100

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