The first time I ever swam with humpback whales was in 2016, which was also the first ...

... year that I started freediving, and also the first time I ever took my camera underwater. This first dive also happened to be one of the biggest heat run that the locals ever saw in Tonga, where something like 16 male humpback whales raced off eachother fighting to win the attention of the female, swimming right through us like we weren't even there. I was so overwhelmed, that I forgot to press the shutter until they were almost gone.