July and August are usually the best months in Southeast Alaska to find bubble-netting humpback whales. We found these bubble-netters in Chatham Straits. I, along with Ralph Lee Hopkins, Lindblad Expeditions Director of Photography, and Flip Nicklin, National Geographic Photographer and Whale Trust co-founder volunteered for two four-day photo safaris out of Juneau as fundraisers for Whale Trust Maui. The Whale Trust Maui is a nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific research and public awareness of whales and their environment. This is one of my favorite images of those eight days. Enjoy and thank you for visiting – Camera: #Nikon #D850, Lens: # Nikkor 80-400mm, Digital Capture, Hand Held, ©Mark Kelley
Humpback Whales, Southeast Alaska #3406
“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…