KEVIN SCHAFER PHOTOGRAPHY

 

Pictures of the Month

 

feeding
 

 


 

    I first saw Humpback Whales "bubble-net" feeding fifteen years ago, but never managed to photograph this stunning behavior until now.  In early July, we spent a week on Admiralty Island, most of it the company of this group of whales, which gorged on shoals of herring around the clock.  

 

whales feeding

Humpback Whales

(Megaptera novaeangliae)

 

Southeast Alaska

 

breaching whale

 

Camera :  Nikon D2X Digital, Natural Light
 

Life, Color, Drama, Reality .... No Digital Manipulation

  


Review a previous Picture of the Month:

Sea Lions, 5/2006

Tiger, 4/2006

Jaguar, 2/2006

South Georgia, 12/2005

New Generation, 11/2005

Childhood, 9/2005

Penguins, 8/2005

Sea Palms, 7/2005

Aster Flower, 6/2005

Siskiyou Mountains, 5/2005

Humpback Whales, 4/2005

Christo GATES , 3/2005

Eucalyptus Leaves, 2/2005

Alaskan Aurora, 1/2005

Nesting Turtle, 12/2004

Autumn Berries, 10/2004

Costa Rica, 3/2004

Aurora Borealis, 10/2003

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