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Dry Bay, East River, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2465

Dry Bay, East River, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2465

It looks like my friend, Brien, is floating on the water. Actually he is standing on a very shallow tidal flat with the tide coming in. The water was only an inch or so deep and was this deep for hundreds of feet around him. This photo illustrates the month of March in my 2007 Southeast Alaska calendar. Camera: Nikon F/5, Lens: 20-35mm f/2.8 Nikkor, Film 35mm Velvia slide film.-Mark Kelley
Killer Whales, Lynn Canal, Alaska – Image 2464

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. This photo illustrates the month of October in my 2007 Southeast Alaska calendar. Camera: Nikon F/5, Lens: 20-35mm f/2.8 Nikkor, Film 35mm Velvia slide film-Mark Kelley
Humpback Whale Tail or Flukes, Stephens Passage – Image 2463

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 tail (I stand 6’ 4”) and another person my same height laid down, we still would have three feet or so between us. These are huge animals growing to lengths between 40 to 50 feet as adults. This photo ...
Humpback Whales Bubble-net Feeding, Douglas Island, Southeast Alaska – Image 2462

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 action creates a bubble net around the school of fish keeping the prey concentrated. When the whales have trapped the herring at the surface, they come up through the school with the mouths open gulping ...
Poster for Alaska’s Watchable Whales Museum Exhibition – Image 2461

Poster for Alaska’s 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 mine with two of them printed on canvas measuring five feet by forty inches. The show in the Governor’s Gallery also features three full scale whales painted on the walls with a free standing humpback ...
Red Crossbill, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2460

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 extender (effectively 750mm lens) shooting away. It was a lot of fun. This photo illustrates the month of April in my 2007 Juneau Alaska calendar. Camera: Nikon F/5, Lens: Nikkor 500mm with 1.5 extender, ...
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“As a kid in Buffalo, New York, I always wondered what it would be like to encounter a whale,” says Mark Kelley. Learn more about Mark...