It seems like all I’ve been writing about recently is whales, which of course, is entirely understandable given that I just returned from six weeks of thinking about nothing but whales.
Before going to Tonga though, I was in Papua New Guinea for a month, cruising around New Ireland aboard MV Golden Dawn, spending a [...]
One of the people who was with me in early August snapped this photograph during what was probably the most interactive encounter that we had while I was in Tonga this year.
The whale in front of me in the photo is a female, one of a male/ female pair playing under and around a [...]
My trip for Tonga 2009 is full.
The trip is still 11 months away though, so it’s possible that a space or two opens up in the interim.
If you’d like to be kept informed if spaces become available, please let me know.
I’ve just started contributing a regular column called The Photographic Eye for Wetpixel Quarterly, which is the print magazine covering underwater photography and related issues produced by my friends from Wetpixel.
The idea behind this column is to pick a photograph and discuss some of the thoughts, preparation and any other relevant considerations that went into [...]
I wrote an editorial some time ago that’s been published in several places.
Through the discussion of two seemingly unrelated topics (stomach ulcers and global warming), my intention was to point out the potential risks of being “absolutely certain” about any point of view.
A friend recently sent me a link to a story from The [...]
This is an editorial (720 kB) that appeared recently in ultraMARINE magazine, a bi-monthly publication in the UK for aquarists.
The cover of this issue is also one of my images, photographed in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea.
For the past several years, my friend Takaji and I have been counting humpback calfs during our stays in Tonga.
In the process of doing this, I noticed that there is a wide range of views on how many calfs there are in a given season, with many of the most experienced residents of Tonga [...]
My final week in Tonga was at once exasperating and incredibly interesting. It was exasperating because the strong winds that have been around for much of the season continued, as did the swells, choppy conditions and murky underwater visibility.
It was interesting for several reasons: We ID-ed three more calfs, bringing the total to 16 [...]
This past week has been one of the toughest I’ve had in Tonga for many years. The winds have been consistently strong. We’ve had rain, lightning, thunder and even hail. There have been several power outages. Swells and high seas have hit from every direction. All-in-all, not a prime week for whale watching.
A Wet Dry [...]
I included a small photo of Chuck Nicklin and me together in Tonga in my update for last week, but I found a better photo…better than the other one for two reasons.
First, this one was taken in daylight, and it’s in focus (the other was at night, and somewhat out of focus).
Second, this one includes [...]
