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Humpback Whale Singer
I’m heading into my final week with humpback whales in Tonga for this season, just four more days on the water.Things are always a bit hectic at the end of a long stay, so I expect there will be some...
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Humpback Whales in Tonga 2013 | Part 5
Only a few days have passed since I was out on the water looking for humpback whales in Tonga, but it feels as if months have gone by. Strange how that’s always the way. This season’s star calf, Jack,...
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Sperm Whale Bones and Scrimshaw
It’s taken me a few days to regain some semblance of sanity after making it back home, and I’m finally starting to go through images, with the ever-optimistic hope that I’ll be able to edit a handful...
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Latin Language Lapse
Every once in a while, I have a moment of insight. “Brain splats” I call them, as the word “storm” (as in “brainstorm”) connotes a scale far greater than what I’m willing to accord the occasional...
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A Little About Light
It’s been raining a lot in Japan. We just had two typhoons, #27 and #28 of the season, join forces and drench much of the country. Fortunately, the dreary conditions have finally passed, and it’s sunny...
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Print Proof Presents
While cleaning up my workspace (read: hopelessly shifting junk from one pile to another and back again), I came across a few test prints, “proofs” in the parlance of we refined visual artists (I wasn’t...
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Pondering Parasites
One of the reasons it takes me a lot of time to edit photos (besides the fact that I’m not too fond of the task) is that I get distracted. Here’s a perfect example: Whale lice (Cyamus scammoni)...
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Visit to Hokkaido
I took a few days off last week and visited Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s four main islands. It was my first time up there.I’m usually not big on cold places, but after surviving the Arctic...
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Facts Matter
I’m hot and bothered. Have been for the past couple of weeks actually, because of this photo: Male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) with battle scars Well, not this actual photo, but one similar to...
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Heading to Palau
After a few weeks of R&R without travel (well, almost no travel), I’m hitting the road again.Off to Palau to have another go at spawning aggregations, starting with bumphead parrotfish...
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Looking Back on 2013
No doubt about it. It’s been a heck of a year.I was on the road every month in 2013, barely having enough time between excursions to un-pack and re-pack before heading out again.My peregrinations this...
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Happy New Year
Wishing you an enlightening… well-balanced… and flipping fantastic… 2014…Happy New Year!
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Lost and Found
So you work hard all year and finally get a chance for a break. You book a vacation to a pristine, remote location, looking forward to virgin beaches, tropical beauty and unspoiled scenery. Instead,...
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Jack and His Mommy
Trying to catch up on some photo editing while I’m at home.Here’s little Jack and his mom during the 2013 humpback whale season in Tonga. Jack the little humpback whale with his mommyI never get tired...
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Me At Work: Palau Edition
Ever quick with his reactions, my friend Patrik captured this freeze-frame of an evening "discussion" I had with my "friend" Ron, who was leading a kayak trip for my friends and me during my final...
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Palau: Spawning Aggregations and Black Water Diving
I'm planning a series of trips in April to head back to Palau for three spawning aggregations: Lutjanus bohar, Symphorichthys spilurus, and Bolbometopon muricatum. (Like how I snuck in sciencey words...
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Beautiful Animals of Hokkaido
I recently took another short trip to Hokkaido, this time to the Shiretoko Peninsula (知床半島), which is at the northeast corner of Hokkaido (北海道), projecting into the Okhotsk Sea. I didn't do any diving...
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Humpback Whales Feeding in Winter
In September 2013, I posted a photo, diagram and text describing what I thought may have been feeding behaviour by a humpback whale in Vava'u, Tonga.General wisdom has it that humpback whales don't...
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