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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
2/2 I like the added details from the log and its new growth in the foreground. Image taken June 2025. #wildlifephotography
July 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
2/2 I like the added details from the log and its new growth in the foreground. Image taken June 2025. #wildlifephotography
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
I hoped that it would turn to face me at an angle where I could capture some of the beautiful blue Cayman water behind - mission accomplished! I've printed this one on a metal photo panel which really makes the colours pop! 2/2 #marinelife
June 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I hoped that it would turn to face me at an angle where I could capture some of the beautiful blue Cayman water behind - mission accomplished! I've printed this one on a metal photo panel which really makes the colours pop! 2/2 #marinelife
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
Being able to observe the whales interact with each other and us was an incredible privilege that I will never forget. 3/3 #marinelife
June 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Being able to observe the whales interact with each other and us was an incredible privilege that I will never forget. 3/3 #marinelife
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.
Shot with a 100 mm Macro, you can get a sense of how small the pipehorse is compared to the grains of sand. Taken in Little Cayman May 2019 3/3
April 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Shot with a 100 mm Macro, you can get a sense of how small the pipehorse is compared to the grains of sand. Taken in Little Cayman May 2019 3/3
3/3 Once the largest one finds its new home, the rest shift over one spot to their new homes. Isn't nature amazing? #marinelife
April 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
3/3 Once the largest one finds its new home, the rest shift over one spot to their new homes. Isn't nature amazing? #marinelife
3/3 While not a typical macro subject, I was able to capture a series of shots that show the textures and details of the face and front flippers thanks to my macro lens. Taken in Grand Cayman, October 2019. #marinlife
April 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
3/3 While not a typical macro subject, I was able to capture a series of shots that show the textures and details of the face and front flippers thanks to my macro lens. Taken in Grand Cayman, October 2019. #marinlife
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
In these shots the orange and white banded fish is a Fiji Anemonefish and a Threespot Dascyllus (Damselfish). Image taken October 2024.
February 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
In these shots the orange and white banded fish is a Fiji Anemonefish and a Threespot Dascyllus (Damselfish). Image taken October 2024.
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
We had four dives with the sharks at Beqa Lagoon and I had put a lot of thought into my goals for those dives. Not surprisingly one of my goals was to get as many images as I could of individual sharks with an uncluttered background, well lit, minimal backscatter you know - the perfect image.
January 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We had four dives with the sharks at Beqa Lagoon and I had put a lot of thought into my goals for those dives. Not surprisingly one of my goals was to get as many images as I could of individual sharks with an uncluttered background, well lit, minimal backscatter you know - the perfect image.