Location: Vava'u Island, Tonga

Male humpback whales in hot pursuit of a female in a fight for mating rights.. winner takes all.

‘White coloration in whales can be caused by two separate conditions: albinism and leucism. Migaloo has albinism, which means that he is genetically incapable of producing melanin, a pigment responsible for skin, hair and eye color. However, the white patched humpback in this sequence of shots has patches of gray skin, suggesting that it has leucism, which instead affects individual pigment cells' ability to produce melanin rather than preventing cells from producing pigment at all.

Albinism and leucism are "extremely rare" among whales and they are likely to affect fewer than 1 in 10,000 humpback individuals.

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Camera: Canon 5DSR + 8-15mm fisheye | Nauticam housing