2008 has been a productive year up to this point and the website has seen several new addtions. In January I travelled to Ecuador to photograph birds in the Andean highlands before spending a few days in the lowlands of the Amazon basin. I felt fortunate to visit the Ecuadorian Amazon through the hospitality of the Napo Wildlife Center, a locally owned and operated ecocentre in a beautiful, protected section of forest. I encourage you to vist their website at http://www.napowildlifecenter.com/ онлайн вечеринки порно to find out more about the fantastic conservation project in an embattled section of the mighty Amazon. Photos of this part of the Amazon are found in the Amazon gallery along with Peruvian photos from the previous year. (more…)
In April of 2008 I traveled to Monterey Bay, California in hopes of photographing transient orcas (also known as killer whales) hunting grey whale calves as they migrate with their mothers to northern waters. The mothers and calves must make this long and dangerous 7 000 mile journey to feed in the rich arctic waters after the calves are born in the warm but nutrient poor waters of Mexico during the winter months. Through much of the journey, grey whales remain in the relative safety of shallow near shore waters. However, the whales reach a point of particular vulnerability when they reach Monterey Bay with its deep and complex submarine canyon system. (more…)
Seal Island, a small rocky outcropping in South Africa’s False Bay, is the best place in the world to witness and photograph white sharks breaching. The white sharks launch their massive bodies from the water each winter morning in the pursuit of cape fur seals. In this location, photographers and film crews hope to capture the amazing shot of a 1-2 ton white shark flying as much as 10 feet above the water. Many of the available shots come from towing a decoy behind the boat to induce the animal to breach. If the conditions are right with limited water visibility and low ambient light, the sharks mistake the decoy for a seal and strike. (more…)
I have returned from Seal Island and have updated the Seal Island gallery with new photos. It was a difficult but very productive trip. I hope you will enjoy the new photos. I have also added a new feature to the Articles section of this site with details of this year’s trip in the as well as reflections on the pursuit of the ultimate natural predation photograph. As always, I want to thank Chris Fallows (www.apexpredators.com) and Rob Lawrence (www.ultimate-animals.com) as well as their crews for providing the ultimate in hospitality and professionalism. These are among the finest wildlife people that one could hope to ever meet and associate with.