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A dark harbour porpoise surfaces among choppy grey-green waves, with its back and triangular dorsal fin visible beneath a misty headland.

Porpoise Against the Chop

A wild harbour porpoise surfacing in grey choppy water, photographed from a low viewpoint close to the sea surface under soft overcast light.

harbour porpoisedorsal finchoppy seafoammisty headlandovercast daylight
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Authentic wildlife photograph, square 1:1. A single wild harbour porpoise surfaces in choppy grey-green sea, its small dark back and short triangular dorsal fin rolling out of the water, a thin trail of foam streaming off it as it heads across the waves rather than with them. Camera very low, just above the waterline at about handlebar height, with wave crests in the foreground slightly soft and the porpoise sharp in the middle distance, off-centre. Distant faint headland dissolving into mist at the horizon. Soft flat overcast daylight, muted slate, pewter and olive tones, natural colour, accurate anatomy, wet skin sheen, subtle sensor grain, 400mm telephoto lens, shallow depth of field. Quiet documentary mood, determined and a little defiant. No people, no boats, no text, no logos, no watermarks.

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