Amateur photographer captures once-in-a-lifetime photo
An Aussie photographer has captured her favourite photo "of all time", with thousands on social media praising her lucky timing.
Chloe Sirach, who decided to try her hand at amateur photography, traversed down the cliffs near Lennox Head point, 20 kilometres south from Byron Bay, to "get some practice in and have a bit of fun" towards the end of June.
However, what started as a relaxed day of "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."
Australia's east coast waters are notorious for humpback whales, who travel thousands of kilometres up and down the 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.
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