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Humpback near Antarctica

Humpback near Antarctica

Marty’s photo of the day #4724: Greetings from Mattoon, Illinois! I shot today’s humpback whale photo off the coast of Antarctica, and it is featured in my two college shows, Around the World in 50 Minutes, and the second is Around the World in 90 Minutes. Here’s where I am performing this week: Wednesday, April […]

Photographing whales

Photographing whales

Marty’s photo of the day #4550: Any time photographing whales is a great time, and I had so much fun last month photographing gray whales off of Vancouver Island. The difference between photographing humpback whales (as I did off of Antarctica) and gray whales is that gray whales generally don’t come as far out of […]

Indigo’s tail

Indigo’s tail

Marty’s photo of the day #4514: This tail belongs to a gray whale named Indigo (read on to learn how I know that). While working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, Deb and I experienced multiple close-up humpback whale encounters off the coast of Antarctica. The whales would approach […]

The gray whale adventure

The gray whale adventure

Marty’s photo of the day #4512: While working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, Deb and I experienced multiple close-up humpback whale encounters off the coast of Antarctica. The whales would approach our Zodiac (a small rubber boat) and—just when it looked like they might capsize us—they’d dive under […]