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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Alan Palazon

“It was extraordinary – my adrenaline was through the roof” says photographer who captured world-first drone footage of rare marine event

A mother humpback whale and calf are seen on the coast of Vitoria, Espirito Santo state, Brazil on August 22, 2023. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images).

Drones have unlocked a completely new human perspective of the world. However, something we were yet to see from our technological bird's-eye view was the moment a humpback whale brought its newborn into the watery world.

That was until July 28, when photographer Alexander Forrest became the first to capture the once-in-a-lifetime event with his drone off the north coast of New South Wales, Australia.

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