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Sunset Orca BW
Sunset Orca BW

Sunset Orca BW

In the dim light, the power of the large male

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A large male emerges at the surface, powerful and massive, in a dramatic backlighting. The breath disperses into a shower of bright droplets, frozen in the low evening light.

The black and white enhances the scene by reducing the image to its essence: the texture of the sea, the line of the fin, the force of the gesture. The landscape behind him disappears into deep shadow, leaving the silhouette of the orca as the sole visual reference point.

It's a raw, high-contrast, elegant, almost cinematic image. A head-on encounter with the power of an animal that completely dominates its environment.
Sunset Orca BW
Sunset Orca BW Sale price€49,00

The story behind the image

“That day, the light was very special. The sun was setting behind the mountains, creating an almost unreal backlighting. The water was dark, the climate cold, and the orcas advanced with a determined movement.”

A large male approached, closer than the others. I was on the surface, very low in the water. It's a position I like because it allows you to capture the details of the breath and the texture of the droplets.
When it emerged, I heard the breath before seeing its fin silhouetted against the light.

I triggered the shutter at the exact moment when the droplets of his breath were illuminated by that low ray of late afternoon sun.
It's a very brief moment — one or two tenths of a second — but that's what gives this image all its power.

An intense, raw, almost physical encounter.

Stéphane Granzotto

Why is this image unique?

This photograph is unique because it captures a moment of raw power in absolutely exceptional light. The late afternoon backlighting transforms the orca's breath into a shower of shimmering droplets, suspended in the air like gold dust. This fleeting illumination, almost impossible to anticipate and even more difficult to freeze, gives the image an almost unreal dimension.

The black and white further enhances this intensity: it simplifies the scene, reducing it to its primal force. The dense sea, the powerful silhouette of the large male, the bursts of breath… everything converges towards an almost physical emotion. The dark background allows all the light to focus on the animal, like a stage lit in a natural theater.

It is a photograph where technique, nature and chance meet in a very rare balance: a tiny moment, but charged with an immense presence — that of a giant perfectly master of his world.

Art print

Printed on Canson Infinity paper, each artwork is crafted with professional care, certified, and signed by the artist. Prints are available in various sizes, framed or unframed. Each piece captures the richness of golden hues and the depth of the Arctic sea.

The photographer's recommendation

With its deep black and white and raw energy, this photograph of a male orca works perfectly in:
• contemporary or minimalist interiors,
• living rooms in dark tones (anthracite, matte black, deep grey),
• warm, dark wood rooms,
• or, on the contrary, bright spaces where contrast becomes a stylistic element.

It is a powerful work, ideal as a centerpiece: it immediately attracts the eye and imposes a silent but powerful presence.

Recommended framing: matte black, dark aluminum or dark wood.

The artist

Stéphane Granzotto is a photographer, filmmaker, and diver, as well as a Canon Europe and Canson ambassador. His work explores the intimate connections between marine animals and light, in an approach that is both artistic and naturalistic. Discover his complete world on the Biography page.

Place

Northern Norway
Arctic fjord

Species

Orca
Orcinus orca

Device

Canon EOS R5

The collections

Cachalots

sperm whales

Orques de Norvège

Orcas

Mer

Sea

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