A gray whale leads her calf through the kelp forests of Big Sur. They are migrating from the warm lagoons of Baja where the calf was born, to feeding grounds in Alaska. The cliffs in Big Sur give us a bird's eye view of this amazing spectacle.
Nikon D500, Tamron 18-400, ISO 1250, f6.3, 1/500
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