A curious orca whale sticks his head above water, an activity called spy hopping, to check out what's happening above the water.
The activity of spy hopping is a typical behaviour of orca whales whether resident, transient, or off shore.
Orca whale (killer whale) spyhopping off the Northern Vancouver Island coast.
Technical Information:
I photographed this photo with the digital SLR camera model Canon EOS-1DS, aperture of f/6.3, exposure time of 1/640 sec. on ISO 100, as always I used a original Canon Lens, the focus lenght for this picture was 260mm.