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Download the free low-res preview to test in your editWhale Shadow Gliding Beneath Turquoise Ocean Surface (Buzzards Beach, 2023)
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About this clip
A large marine animal's shadow moves slowly beneath the clear turquoise ocean surface. The water shows gentle ripples and light reflections. The shadow's shape and movement indicate a whale gliding underwater.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Useful for wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, or brand films needing an overhead ocean moment with a whale shadow beneath clear water.
- Edit role
- This six-second clip works as a calm cutaway, transition beat, or insert between shoreline, swimmer, and underwater texture shots in a coastal sequence.
- Visual details
- Turquoise ocean fills the frame, with gentle surface ripples, small light reflections, and a large dark whale-like shadow moving below the water with no visible people.
- Shot mechanics
- The view reads as an overhead DJI drone angle, with the ocean surface filling the composition and the submerged animal shadow held in the middle distance beneath the rippled water.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2160
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Duration
- 6s
- Codec
- H.265 (HEVC) MP4
- File size
- 92 MB
- Location
- Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Year filmed
- 2023
- Published
- Jun 2026
Still Frames From This Clip
4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.
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