Mr. K.
I welcomed the new year last night with Mr. K., the friend I wrote about at the end of last year. (See post)Mr. K., smiling with a glass of red wineHe gave me permission to post a photo or two...for...
View ArticleBack To The Blue
It's time for me to head out again, back to searching the blue.It'll probably be a while before I am able to post again, so I'll leave with this photo of a blue whale leaving:Blue whale S-curve...
View ArticleHappy Year of the Monkey
Happy Year of the Monkey! Tufted grey langur (Semnopithecus priam thersites) (License image)
View ArticleMe At Work: Orca Edition
I've just returned from my first adventure of the year, one that was filled with adventure, new experiences, and lots of new friends (both in the water and on land).I was in northern Norway, where it...
View ArticleHappy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine's Day, from these lovely love birds:Happy Valentine's Day (License image)
View ArticleTaxi Ride
I just met a man. He is 63 years old. He drives a taxi for a living, in Los Angeles.Sometimes words stick with you.We got to talking on the ride to the airport. He asked where we were from. I answered...
View ArticleHumpback Whale Photos Recent Articles
Out of interest for any Norwegian and Italian readers, here are two recent articles that used a couple of my humpback whale photos.The first is from D2, a weekly publication put out by the publishers...
View ArticleGray Whale Adventure
What a start to the year! From gawking at orcas in Norway straight to playing with gray whales in Mexico. Inquisitive gray whale calf with its mother visible in the background (License image)Each...
View ArticleCreepy Crawlies On Gray Whales
A quick addendum to my previous post about gray whales.In case you didn’t know it, many (all?) whales carry communities of other living organisms. Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus), for instance,...
View ArticleMore About Whale Lice
I wrote a bit about Cyamus scammoni, a.k.a. whale lice on gray whales, a week ago during an airport layover.I have a boat layover today. The winds are up, swells big, and seas chaotic.So I thought I’d...
View Article2016年ザトウクジラツアー
2016年トンガ王国のザトウクジラツアーの参加者を募集します。下記の日程に空席があります。8月9日-8月18日8月29日-9月7日 いずれも、ヴァヴァウ島チェックインとチェックアウトの日にちです。7日間海に出ます。宿泊先: リーフリゾート Reef Resort Vava'u利用する船: プロテウスBreaching adult female humpback whale (License...
View ArticleJubilee The Sperm Whale
During a recent layover in Singapore, I had a chance to drop by the new Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, where my friends Swee Hee and Heok Hui were kind enough to show me around.There is a lot...
View ArticleFair Game. Not!
A couple of weeks ago, on 27 March to be exact, I learned via a friend that some of my whale photos were being used in an online advertisement.Problem is, I didn’t know about the usage, and I certainly...
View ArticleFair Game. Not!
A couple of weeks ago, on 27 March to be exact, I learned via a friend that some of my whale photos were being used in an online advertisement.Problem is, I didn’t know about the usage, and I certainly...
View ArticleRed-Margin Shrimp Goby
I've been away from the Internet for almost three weeks. Just back from pursuing more photos of fish spawning aggregations in Palau, with friends at Unique Dive Expeditions/ Sam's Tours, and Nauticam....
View ArticleHumpback Whale Trip Openings
A few friends have had to change their travel plans, which means I have some openings for humpback whale trips in Tonga this coming August and September.Inquisitive baby boy humpback whale (License...
View ArticleIniistius aneitensis Juvenile
Here's another macro photo from way back that I dug up and cleaned up on a rainy afternoon in Palau, the same day I processed the red-margin shrimp goby photo I posted a couple of days ago.This is a...
View ArticleWhale Talks at TDEX
After a whirlwind 72 hours at home, I'm off to Bangkok for the Thailand Travel and Dive Expo, where I'll be giving talks about humpback whales and sperm whales. My talks are at 17:00 on Saturday and...
View ArticleJuvenile Flying Gurnard
The main reason I traveled to Palau again recently was to continue my efforts to photograph fish spawning aggregations. I just can't get enough of fish orgies.I did, however, manage to work-in one...
View ArticlePseudamia amblyuroptera Cardinalfish
Along with the juvenile flying gurnard, this interesting fish turned up during my recent blackwater dive in Palau:Pseudamia amblyuroptera (License image)It's a white-jawed cardinalfish (Pseudamia...
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