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Killer Whales, Lynn Canal, Alaska – Image 2464

This is the last whale photo in the series promoting my whale show at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau. Killer whales surface in the inky looking dark water of Lynn Canal. The black looking water results from shooting this photo on a very overcast day just before sunset in failing light. ...

Humpback Whale Tail or Flukes, Stephens Passage – Image 2463

I am running a lot of whale photos for a couple of weeks to remind people of the show on whales at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau featuring my photos. A humpback whale tail is referred to as flukes and can be as long as 15 feet from tip to tip. That means if I was to lie down on a whale ...

Humpback Whales Bubble-net Feeding, Douglas Island, Southeast Alaska – Image 2462

Humpback whales only eat little fish and grill and have to eat them whole because they have no teeth. Sometimes whale cooperatively feed. A group of humpbacks sometimes swim upwards circling a school of herring while blowing bubbles out of their blow holes as they circle upwards. This ...

Poster for Alaskas Watchable Whales Museum Exhibition – Image 2461

This photo of kayakers next to a humpback whale tail is the image I am using to open my show on whales with John Hyde, a local wildlife photographer, at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau. The show opened on Saturday, April 29 and will run through October 14th. The show features 11 photos of ...

Red Crossbill, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2460

April and May are great months for migrating birds in the Juneau area. I shot this photo last April while visiting a friend at his home in the valley. He had a feeder and the crossbills were collecting in his yard by the hundreds. I spent several hours with the 500mm lens with the 1.5 ...

Northern Light over Gastineau Channel, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2459

The Juneau area has not had much in the way of northern lights this past winter. The northern lights season (September-April) has been very disappointing. I am hoping to have better luck with the northern lights in April because in past years April has been one of the most consistent months ...

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