Photographed in the Strait of Juan de Fuca between Port Townsend and San Juan Island, Washington

August
Canon 100-400 mm IS Lens
 

A pod of orcas swam close to our idling charter boat, the Puget Sound Express out of Port Townsend. This female leaped out of the water right in front of the boat. I just missed the baby orca that surfaced right next to her.