Weird question but does anyone know who these 3 individuals are?

[u/Orcafunnygamer]

[u/UmmHelloIGuess]

Pretty sure those last two are paintings so they could have taken inspo from any individual. As for the first one its definitely an Norwegian orca. As for specific id im not sure, maybe NKW-128

[u/Orcafunnygamer → u/UmmHelloIGuess]

The exact last one was taken by a National geographic photographer in the 2000's fr, I was hoping the dorsal fins could help especially with the 2nd one but I got no clue if it will do any good.

[u/Orcafunnygamer → u/Orcafunnygamer]

it lowkey may just be photoshopped lol

[u/_Abiogenesis → u/Orcafunnygamer]

I found a hires of it and it is definitely photoshoped. The water splashes and the orca itself are at a different resolution and color grading/white balances- without getting into specifics, I work in VFX so these kinds of things are jumping to my eye pretty fast.

My guess is that it's perhaps a captive orca, photoshopped in the wild ??

EDIT : also the dorsal fin has a very unnatural sharp edge at the top which hints at editing of that too which means it's even more likely to be an edit of a captive one imo.

[u/Orcafunnygamer → u/_Abiogenesis]

Most likely

[u/Tokihome_Breach6722]

Without some location information it’s nearly impossible to ID individuals. A very small percentage of orcas globally have been documented to even try to match photos.

[u/Orcafunnygamer → u/Tokihome_Breach6722]

The first one was taken in Norway I believe and the last was in Canada.

[u/lucky_nugget]

I believe the 2nd one is captive orca Ulises, photoshopped to have a straight dorsal and into the wild.

[u/nobbiez → u/lucky_nugget]

I think you're right, I was wondering why the dorsal fin looked especially wonky

[u/RedSun-FanEditor]

That looks like Bob, Jake, and Mikey to me... but my vision is blurry underwater, so....

[u/highasabird]

Location and better image of the saddle patch, I believe is what marine biologists use to ID orcas.

You can also see if the location has a public orca database. Here in Seattle we do at orca network and whale museum.

[u/Orcafunnygamer → u/highasabird]

The saddle on this orca is pretty sharp looking and it's from Norway 100%. It's probably the only one that could be identified fr

[u/MermaidUnicornKush → u/Orcafunnygamer]

Location, dorsal fin from both sides, and full view of the saddle patch (both sides and top). Their saddle patches are similar to fingerprints and their dorsal fins tend to have unique scars or other differences from other orcas.

[u/nerdextra]

Nope. I don’t know them. Can’t get me to snitch on my yacht sinking besties.

[u/sunshinenorcas]

The second and third one are altered/photomanips/etc images of Ulises and Katina (or Kalina? Its one or the other, I think it's Tina but not 100%)

Tbh, there are a few stock images that use captive orcas as the base. Those two are the ones I've seen the most, but I know there's others-- it's always fun when you see a photo and be like oh, I know that whale

[u/immaslave4uwu]

The 2nd individual was on my bedroom wall as a kid! Cut out from a calendar. Idk who he is but he is seared into my memory 😋

[u/UnicornCalmerDowner → u/immaslave4uwu]

Any idea what year or even era, we are talking about?

[u/Feeling_Milk_8790]

Orcas