This image is from 2005. I “rediscovered it” this past week while searching my images library for close focus wide angle shots for a magazine article. I didn’t submit this image because it is a little soft, but I do think it’s kind of cool.
Almost Awesome – Giant Pygmy Seahorse
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Tags: CFWA, Close Focus Wide Angle, indonesia, Pygmy Seahorse, Raja Ampat, Underwater Photography
Categories : Underwater Photography, Wildlife
Day 40 of 365: Blizzards Are For The Birds
10 02 2010The northeast blizzard of 2010 is upon us. As I was driving back from an errand I was mesmerized by the dense falling snow. I had to stop when I saw this flock of seagulls (no 80’s reference intended) braving the weather. It must suck to be a seagull in the snow…but they didn’t look phased. A reminder of how nature is both beautiful and brutal at the same time.
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Tags: 365, Blizzard, Nature, New York, Seagulls, Snow
Categories : 365, New York, Wildlife
Metaphorical Reflection – Underwater and Above
2 01 2010It’s not often that such prolific coral grows so close to the surface. I was awestruck when I visualized an image of the trees above the water’s surface peering down at the magical trees beneath. Metaphorical reflections of mimicry.
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Tags: Coral, indonesia, Soft Coral, Triton Bay, Underwater Photography
Categories : Underwater Photography, Wildlife
Sardine Run Images Hitting Newspapers In The UK & Worldwide
12 10 2009Newspapers and magzines will begin publishing some of my Sardine Run images this week. So far I saw it in UK based Telegraph, The Sun and Daily Mail . I have released some images that were previously not posted publicly yet, including a full body image of a Brydes Whale and some feeding dolphin and shark images.
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Tags: Dolphins, Sardine Run, Sharks, South Africa, Underwater Photography, Whale
Categories : Underwater Photography, Wildlife
More Images From The Sardine Run – An Ode To Sharkiness
22 07 2009Thanks to everyone who added so many wonderful comments to my initial post of Sardine Run underwater images! I promised more, so here are a handful of shark-focused images. Again, this was just simply an amazing experience!
The expedition participants.
Still more to come, stay tuned!
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Tags: Sardine Run, Scuba Diving, South Africa, Underwater Photography
Categories : Underwater Photography, Wildlife
Blowing Your Mind — The Sardine Run: First Shots
13 07 2009Having just returned from witnessing one of nature’s most amazing spectacles, I haven’t had the time to go through all of the images yet – I’ve been busy pinching myself to see if I was actually dreaming. All I can say is that it was mind blowing. I am still glowing from the experience. The Sardine Run is the largest species migration on earth, taking part on the Wild Coast of South Africa each June/July. I’ll be leading expeditions again in 2010 (sold out) and 2011 (For underwater photographers who wish to join me click here). We’ll be posting a complete story and images on DivePhotoGuide.com, but for now here are some preliminary images that will hopefully blow your mind as much as the experience blew mine. Enjoy!
This is just the tip of the iceberg. More to follow.
Update: I posted a small second set of images here.
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Tags: Sardine Run, Scuba Diving, South Africa, Underwater Photography
Categories : Underwater Photography, Wildlife
My First Underwater Whale Encounter
6 04 2009I led an underwater photography expedition to Socorro during humpback calving season, and now I am totally hooked after my first underwater encounter. It was one elusive encounter. The whales were all around us frolicking on the surface – we could hear their beautiful songs underwater, in some cases they sounded like they were all around us, but yet outside of sight. It was a magical experience. Then we had the chance of snorkeling with this calf and its mother (you can see the mother’s face behind the calf, it was huge). I had only a few seconds to get the shot and the calf was emerging from slightly murky water at depth.
While not the best image in the world, it is a precursor for more to come. I am hooked and plan to dive with these leviathans in Tonga next year to get the shallow close encounters required to get the images I really want. Words can’t describe the awe of swimming next to these large animals.
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Tags: Humpback, Mexico, Socorro, underwater, Whale
Categories : Underwater Photography, Wildlife
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