"Being seasick, sunburnt, dusty, flooded and sometimes scared are all part of it, but getting the shot means any hardship is quickly forgotten" – wildlife photographer Chris Fallows on his spectacular shots of whales

Photo of humpback whale off the coast of South Africa taken by wildlife photographer Chris Fallows .

South African photographer Chris Fallows became interested in wildlife when he was a youngster and started taking photographs of marine life when he was a teenager.

Best known for his photographs of great white sharks and marine animals, which are captured with a fine-art aesthetic, Fallows was runner-up in the General – Black & White category of 2025's Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) competition.