The humpback whale, species of baleen whale, was so determined to get his lunch that he did not even allow group of photographers to get in the way. The humpback has a different body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head.

According to the NOAA, Humpback whales can weigh between 25 and 40 tons, stretch as long as 60 feet and survive up to 50 years.

Mike Busch managed to get many amazing images of the creature emerging from the water off the Rockaways, New York. Busch shared the images on his Facebook page. He clicked the images when he took a trip on a friend's boat on September 4. They saw the whale with fear as it repetitively breached and sent fish flapping towards the surface.

According to Busch, he did not face any kind of problem while taking images from a moving boat. These whales are seen regularly off the coast of New York, especially when the city's waterways are cleaner, but still, getting such close and clear images is rare.

"The harder part was getting the whales to cooperate by doing anything other than slowly swimming and surfacing briefly", Busch said, explaining that 'this all changed' during the most recent trip.

The whale was not worried by the presence of Busch and his friends and surprised them by swimming right at them and diving at the last second.

The Wildlife Conservation Society described that the water off New York 'provide as a feeding ground, nursery, and migratory corridor for various species of marine life, like whales, dolphins, sharks, fish and sea birds.

The number of sighting of humpback whales around New York has been increased and it is possible by increased efforts to clean up the city's rivers. There had been 49 sightings this year, five in 2011, 25 in 2012 and 43 2013.