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17/08/2005: "Southern Right Whale Calf - Sydney Harbour"

Riding on the mother's back, this 5.5 meter long whale calf. Perhaps the first time this species had been photographed underwater too, which makes this an historic image.

Almost forty years of dust and handling create character - perhaps?

It is relatively easy to clean old shots with various computer programmes, but in this case I present the original as it is in the raw.

The torn negative occured in the office of one of the world's leading magazine's overseas.

The magazine returned the torn neg without apology or explanation - thereby avoiding the question of a substantial compensation.