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Juneau Docks, Southeast Alaska  – Image 2366

Juneau Docks, Southeast Alaska – Image 2366

This is one of my favorite photos because it happens to feature my two boysand one of their good friends. They decided to jump from the docks onesunny day as a way to celebrate the last day of school. They asked me alongto take the photo. What makes this photo successful is the timing. The ...
Killer Whale Fins, Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska  – Image 2365

Killer Whale Fins, Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska – Image 2365

What I love about this photo is dark ominous tone of these sleathly huntersrising from the deep. Killer whales are refered to as the wolf packs ofthe sea and are the ocean's apex pedators...feeding the highest on the foodchain. They got their name by whalers who watched them kill much ...
Humpback WhaleTail, Icy Strait, Southeast Alaska  – Image 2364

Humpback WhaleTail, Icy Strait, Southeast Alaska – Image 2364

This photo shows a humpback behavior called tail lobbing. During taillobbing, a humpback may hold as much as a third of its lower body (whalesare approximately 40 to 50 feet long) above the water waving its tail orfluke (usually 15 feet across) in the air, and from this position the ...
Humpback Whale Fluke, Icy Strait, Southeast Alaska  – Image 2363

Humpback Whale Fluke, Icy Strait, Southeast Alaska – Image 2363

What I love about this photo is that it combines two Alaska classics...thetail of a humpback whale backgrounded by the rugged snowcapped mountains ofSoutheast Alaska. Being able to see the water droplets falling from thetail is an added plus. This photo can be found on page 80 in my whale ...
Killer Whales, Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska  – Image 2361

Killer Whales, Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska – Image 2361

I shot this photo while on a self-assignment for my new whale book that Ireleased in mid-April. Shot last fall in Lynn Canal just alittle waysnorth of Juneau, this image is of the classic Southeast Alaska setting andweather. I love to shoot the sunny days, but this photo depicts the ...
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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…