A green sea turtle at the surface off the coast of Oahu. I was able to spend the better part of an hour freediving alongside this turtle as it casually grazed on the sea floor below between gulps of air at the surface.
This Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) was not even 2 feet from me that day on Staffa Island, I almost had to step back to be able to focus on its beak the way I wanted :). It is a common species yes, but it was still a very very nice encounter for me. Nature on #Staffa Island is mindblowing, I really recommend you to go if you have the chance!
Early this month i went swimming, snorkelling with humpback whales in Tonga again. One of the locations where they are getting born and nursed before heading with their mum to their new home Antartica.
This cutie swam right towards me and came to a halt.
With this wide angle lens you can imagine how close i was. I couldn’t stop giggling in to my mask as he was just so cute looking at me. I think he asked if i would like to play with him or something.
This Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus) was heading back to his nest with his prize catch (A swallow tail or Trevaly). I have being photographing him for a few months and he appeared to do a circle over head before heading away – he seemed very chuffed with himself!
Taken June 10 near Stanford Montana. Kyle and I decided to make the drive to Montana to watch storms, my mother accepted the invite to join us. I noticed when the smaller storms hit Stanford, they blew up, so we went back to sit and watch. Then this happened!! We watched it grow from a small storm into this beast over the mountain, heading straight for us. I had to ask my mother “can you see this from in the truck?” – she got out, and was as amazed at what we were looking at as we were.
During WWII, U-Boats would sit right on the US coast waiting to ambush unsuspecting ships. Today the wrecks left behind are inhabited by the many sand tiger sharks that move up and down the US East coast. This picture was taken deep in the hold of the wreck of the Atlas where I had an amazing face to face encounter.
