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“Stick Bear”, Brown Bear, Pack Creek, Admiralty Island, Alaska – Image 2816

I have seen plenty of stick dogs, but never until last summer did I think I would find a stick bear. I just love hanging out around bears. The more time I spend with them the more endearing they become. They are smart, curious, playful and sometimes down right goofy. This bear grabbed a stick floating down the creek and started playing with it just like any dog would. After she got it situated just right in her mouth, she walked up stream and disappeared in the tall grasses surrounding the ...

“Stare Down”, Brown Bear, Pack Creek, Admiralty Island, Alaska – Image 2815

At Pack Creek, bears and birds have a symbiotic relationship. The bears catch the spawning salmon, drag the fish to the shore to eat, and leave the scraps for the birds mostly ravens and gulls to scavenge on. Also, the activity of the bears charging up and down the creek catching salmon stirs up the creek beds releasing the salmon eggs that the gulls in particular feed on. Neither of them appear to mind the other. Once in a while they have a staring contest. Enjoy the photo and thanks for ...

“Bear Salad”, Brown Bear, Pack Creek, Admiralty Island, Alaska – Image 2814

Join me Sunday, 2-17-2013, at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center for a repeat of my fireside chat on "Juneau's Backyard: Wales, Bears and Wilderness" for two shows starting at 4:30pm and 6pm.During the next five weeks, I will feature images of brown bears photographed at Pack Creek last summer. In this image, a third season female munches on beach sedges and yarrow in a field of wildflowers about twenty feet from a group of visitors standing in the spit viewing area. The US Forest ...

Red Northern Lights (Aurora borealis), Juneau, Gastineau Channel, Alaska – Image 2813

Red northern lights blaze over downtown Juneau and Gastineau Channel. Most northern light displays are green. The rarest color phases of northern lights are red, blue and purple. The previous image of the lights over downtown Douglas show a wide color range of the lights. Northern lights are created when solar energy (energetic charged particles) collide with the earth's upper atmosphere. This solar energy is pulled toward the earth my the planet's magnetic field. Since the magnetic ...

Northern Lights (Aurora borealis), Douglas, Douglas Island, Alaska – Image 2812

It is mid-winter and I am missing the northern lights. I have not shot a display of northern lights (Aurora borealis ) in several years. I have gone out several nights on northern lights watch, but the displays never transformed into strong enough displays. When I go on watch, I usually take my car out to a good dark location and wait. Often the watches go right through the night into the early morning. In the car, I have my camera (of course), a tripod, a headlamp, a kitchen timer, a ...

Cover of Alaska Magazine October 2013,Southeast Alaska – Image 2811

As a photographer who works by himself, I really find it helpful to have someone take a look at my images. I really enjoy a second opinion. Last summer, Alaska Magazine hired Michael Dinneen as their photo editor, and his photographic style and judgement is revolutionizing the magazine. Michael is a good shooter and started his career as a staff photographer with the daily newspaper, the Anchorage Times (now out of business). If you have not looked at Alaska Magazine in a while, check it ...

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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...