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Another fun morning with local wildlife in Tommy Thompson Park. This American Mink (Mustela Vison) had just on shore with some fresh fish for breakfast. Check out the last image - that must have been a tasty fish! #wildlifephotography
September 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Another fun morning with local wildlife in Tommy Thompson Park. This American Mink (Mustela Vison) had just on shore with some fresh fish for breakfast. Check out the last image - that must have been a tasty fish! #wildlifephotography
Spent some time in the Wye Marsh a few weeks ago. Trying to photograph bees and moths is a bit like UW photography and fish. Movement in all directions at any time. Here's a few of my favourites. #wildlifephotography
August 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Spent some time in the Wye Marsh a few weeks ago. Trying to photograph bees and moths is a bit like UW photography and fish. Movement in all directions at any time. Here's a few of my favourites. #wildlifephotography
A final shark related post as Shark Week winds down.
Beqa Lagoon in Fiji is consistently rated as one of the top shark diving opportunities in the world. While shark diving started in this area prior to 2000, the area inside the barrier reef was declared a Marine Protected zone in 2006.
Beqa Lagoon in Fiji is consistently rated as one of the top shark diving opportunities in the world. While shark diving started in this area prior to 2000, the area inside the barrier reef was declared a Marine Protected zone in 2006.
July 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A final shark related post as Shark Week winds down.
Beqa Lagoon in Fiji is consistently rated as one of the top shark diving opportunities in the world. While shark diving started in this area prior to 2000, the area inside the barrier reef was declared a Marine Protected zone in 2006.
Beqa Lagoon in Fiji is consistently rated as one of the top shark diving opportunities in the world. While shark diving started in this area prior to 2000, the area inside the barrier reef was declared a Marine Protected zone in 2006.
Another moose Monday! Have to admit, I found a lot of moose in my last trip to Algonquin Park. Here's another capture from an early morning hike. It definitely took all the lens I had to capture this one as he was a good distance across the marsh from the trail I was on. 1/2
July 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Another moose Monday! Have to admit, I found a lot of moose in my last trip to Algonquin Park. Here's another capture from an early morning hike. It definitely took all the lens I had to capture this one as he was a good distance across the marsh from the trail I was on. 1/2
Great start to the week in Algonquin Provincial Park. #wildlifephotography
June 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Great start to the week in Algonquin Provincial Park. #wildlifephotography
Monday June 16 is World Sea Turtle Day. There's no better way to get through a monday than with turtles. Enjoy! #marinelife
June 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Monday June 16 is World Sea Turtle Day. There's no better way to get through a monday than with turtles. Enjoy! #marinelife
Here's one of my new images that will be featured this weekend at Beaches Arts and Crafts in Kew Gardens. I watched this Spotted Trunkfish swim in and around a pretty little coral arch. 1/2
June 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Here's one of my new images that will be featured this weekend at Beaches Arts and Crafts in Kew Gardens. I watched this Spotted Trunkfish swim in and around a pretty little coral arch. 1/2
Really enjoying all the great images and stories in social media today celebrating World Ocean's day. I could list all kinds of reasons why we should care about the health of our oceans but I will let the marine life tell the story. #marinelife
June 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Really enjoying all the great images and stories in social media today celebrating World Ocean's day. I could list all kinds of reasons why we should care about the health of our oceans but I will let the marine life tell the story. #marinelife
Some Manta Ray and shark action for World Ocean's week.
The Revillagigedo Archipelego is 600 kilometers off the coast of Mexico.
The Revillagigedo Archipelego is 600 kilometers off the coast of Mexico.
June 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Some Manta Ray and shark action for World Ocean's week.
The Revillagigedo Archipelego is 600 kilometers off the coast of Mexico.
The Revillagigedo Archipelego is 600 kilometers off the coast of Mexico.
Kicking off World Oceans week honoring the Humpback whale. Humpbacks in most areas have made a great recovery following the end of commercial whale hunting. The Silverbank Sanctuary for Marine Mammals is in the Atlantic Ocean between Turks and Caicos and the Dominican Republic.1/3
June 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Kicking off World Oceans week honoring the Humpback whale. Humpbacks in most areas have made a great recovery following the end of commercial whale hunting. The Silverbank Sanctuary for Marine Mammals is in the Atlantic Ocean between Turks and Caicos and the Dominican Republic.1/3
One of my goals on my last trip to Grand Cayman was to get some practice time with my 8-15 fish eye in a new mini dome. This lens is an extremely wide angle which means you need to get quite close to smaller subjects to ensure they are well lit by the strobe lights. 1/3
May 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One of my goals on my last trip to Grand Cayman was to get some practice time with my 8-15 fish eye in a new mini dome. This lens is an extremely wide angle which means you need to get quite close to smaller subjects to ensure they are well lit by the strobe lights. 1/3
1/2 Spotted Trunkfish are part of the boxfish family and are also referred to as cowfish. Boxfish are named for their triangular body shape which is made of plate like scales. Unlike many other reef fish, their bodies don’t bend as they swim.
May 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
1/2 Spotted Trunkfish are part of the boxfish family and are also referred to as cowfish. Boxfish are named for their triangular body shape which is made of plate like scales. Unlike many other reef fish, their bodies don’t bend as they swim.
This was a small Spotted Moray Eel I found on a day I was set up for macro. Tucked under a ledge in the sand it was tricky to get the eel well lit without blowing out the sand and background. 1/2
May 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This was a small Spotted Moray Eel I found on a day I was set up for macro. Tucked under a ledge in the sand it was tricky to get the eel well lit without blowing out the sand and background. 1/2
Pipehorses are an evolutionary link between seahorses and pipefish. Tiny as a blade of grass, their very small dorsal fin isn't powerful enough to move them effectively through the water. 1/3
April 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Pipehorses are an evolutionary link between seahorses and pipefish. Tiny as a blade of grass, their very small dorsal fin isn't powerful enough to move them effectively through the water. 1/3
Hermit Crabs (Dardanus calidus) Unlike their other crustacean relatives, Hermit Crabs have a soft abdomen. To keep them protected from predators, hermit crabs make their home in abandoned seashells. 1/3
April 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Hermit Crabs (Dardanus calidus) Unlike their other crustacean relatives, Hermit Crabs have a soft abdomen. To keep them protected from predators, hermit crabs make their home in abandoned seashells. 1/3
There are constraints that underwater photographers shooting with a DLSR, have to learn to accept. When you set up your gear before a dive you are committed to your camera and lens combo for the duration of the dive. 1/3
April 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
There are constraints that underwater photographers shooting with a DLSR, have to learn to accept. When you set up your gear before a dive you are committed to your camera and lens combo for the duration of the dive. 1/3
Yup, nurse sharks aren't typically a macro subject but I just couldn't resist this sleeping nurse shark. Nurse sharks are nocturnal and which means much of their day is spent sleeping. 1/3
March 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Yup, nurse sharks aren't typically a macro subject but I just couldn't resist this sleeping nurse shark. Nurse sharks are nocturnal and which means much of their day is spent sleeping. 1/3
Named for their narrow, pointed beaks, Hawksbill Turtles are typically found on coral reefs where they feed on sponges, sea anemones and jelly fish.
Image from June 2019, Grand Cayman. 1/2
Image from June 2019, Grand Cayman. 1/2
March 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Named for their narrow, pointed beaks, Hawksbill Turtles are typically found on coral reefs where they feed on sponges, sea anemones and jelly fish.
Image from June 2019, Grand Cayman. 1/2
Image from June 2019, Grand Cayman. 1/2
Beqa Lagoon is on the south coast of the main island of Viti Levu in Fiji. While it has over 100 dives sites, Beqa Lagoon is best known for its shark dives which attract Tigers, Bull, White and Black tip Reef, Tawney Nurse, Lemon and Silvertip sharks. 1/3
March 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Beqa Lagoon is on the south coast of the main island of Viti Levu in Fiji. While it has over 100 dives sites, Beqa Lagoon is best known for its shark dives which attract Tigers, Bull, White and Black tip Reef, Tawney Nurse, Lemon and Silvertip sharks. 1/3
Diving in Fiji, I spent a fair bit of time photographing Sea Anemones. They were larger than what I have seen in other locations and was fascinated by the symbiotic relationship between the anemones and certain species of fish.
February 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Diving in Fiji, I spent a fair bit of time photographing Sea Anemones. They were larger than what I have seen in other locations and was fascinated by the symbiotic relationship between the anemones and certain species of fish.
As I was looking through this small channel between coral heads, I could tell there was something unusual across the top of this gorgonian. Every edge was covered with feather stars with a couple bonus oysters clinging to the side. A great example of filter feeders cohabitating.
February 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
As I was looking through this small channel between coral heads, I could tell there was something unusual across the top of this gorgonian. Every edge was covered with feather stars with a couple bonus oysters clinging to the side. A great example of filter feeders cohabitating.
Keeping an organge and green theme this week. Soft corals look like a plant and have many plant-like characteristics but are actually an animal. Unlike hard corals they do not build a reef using their calcium carbonate skeletons - they live on reefs.
February 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Keeping an organge and green theme this week. Soft corals look like a plant and have many plant-like characteristics but are actually an animal. Unlike hard corals they do not build a reef using their calcium carbonate skeletons - they live on reefs.
One of the concepts that @photos_from_the_sea_ shared in our UW photo workshop was about using opposing colours to create interest in our images. Fish are not generally helpful models and this one stayed still just long enough to let me try a few different shots.
February 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
One of the concepts that @photos_from_the_sea_ shared in our UW photo workshop was about using opposing colours to create interest in our images. Fish are not generally helpful models and this one stayed still just long enough to let me try a few different shots.
Here's another shot from one of my dives at Beqa Lagoon. The bull shark cruising by is pretty hard to miss but take a look a the two Tawney Nurse sharks trying to open the bin. #marinelife
January 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here's another shot from one of my dives at Beqa Lagoon. The bull shark cruising by is pretty hard to miss but take a look a the two Tawney Nurse sharks trying to open the bin. #marinelife
Nurse sharks are one of my favourites. There's something calming about the way their dorsal and tail fins sweep from side to side as they swim. This male Tawny Nurse shark has a badly torn pectoral fin and is also missing the top of his dorsal first dorsal fin. #marinelife
January 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Nurse sharks are one of my favourites. There's something calming about the way their dorsal and tail fins sweep from side to side as they swim. This male Tawny Nurse shark has a badly torn pectoral fin and is also missing the top of his dorsal first dorsal fin. #marinelife