Lucky timing sees Aussie photographer capture favourite picture 'of all time'
Chloe Sirach knew she 'got the shot' as soon as the whale breached the waves.
A recently captured picture was so perfectly timed by an Aussie photographer it's been splashed across social media and praised by thousands, with the woman behind the work calling it her "favourite photo of all time".
Chloe Sirach is new to photography and decided to clamber down to the rocks near Lennox Head point — 20 kilometres south from Byron Bay — to "get some practice in and have a bit of fun" at the end of June. However, what started as a relaxed day "clicking the shutter" of her camera has now catapulted her work after she captured a large whale breaching the waves behind surfers at sunrise.
"I lined up my shot with the surfers in the foreground... I then managed to capture the moment that everyone is now seeing all over their social media feeds," Sirach told Yahoo News. "I was ecstatic and knew I'd gotten the shot."
She explained she was absolutely delighted with the image and believes the picture "truly encapsulates the beauty of the area that I live in."
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Humpback whales travel thousands of kilometres up Australia's east coast from antarctic waters, where they feed during the summer, to warmer waters where they breed during winter. The northern migration occurs between early May and August, before mothers and calves will begin their southern migration around late September and October.
Humpback whales can travel up to 10,000 kilometres in an annual round trip, and all along the east coast people can catch sight of these mammals as they often breach the water, much like Sirach's experience in June.
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