The swimming feral pigs of the Exumas, Bahamas are one of the most amazing sights I have ever seen! Just looking at them makes me laugh. It’s just so incongruous….swimming pigs in the ocean! Enjoy!
Fab Photos Friday: Boothbay Harbor, Maine!
What a gorgeous area Boothbay Harbor is! It has been quite a while since we visited, but after viewing these photos again, I might need to change that!
Fabulous Photos Friday: Manta Madness in Ecuador!
I am in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador, volunteering with the Marine Megafauna Foundation, taking photographs of Manta Rays for Identification in order to discern manta behaviors and migrations. Four or five years ago I saw a documentary about the work Dr. Andrea Marshall was doing with manta rays, a species which was virtually unstudied. She has discovered that there is more than one species! My interest in the project led me first to Tofo, Mozambique, where Marine Megafauna was founded, and now to Ecuador. The population of manta rays here is unbelievable! Yesterday, they were all over the place, one after another! Here are also many admirable people from whom I am learning a great deal. The town of Puerto Lopez is….developing. Maybe not fast enough, but it has possibilities! These photos are from my first week of photographing such a large species, so don’t be too critical!
And why would I be interested in Mantas? Well, when I was growing up we vacationed in Ft. Lauderdale, FL every summer. Every summer we would see Mantas, though we were called out of the water because of how dangerous they were (they are completely harmless, without even a stinger). I fell in love with their size and graceful movements. But humans are hard on mantas…. Manta Rays are very vulnerable and endangered. We must do everything we can to keep these beautiful creatures in our oceans.
Fabulous Photos Friday under the Caribbean Sea!
My last visit to Cozumel was wonderful. I spent it with friends, did yoga, and went diving and snorkeling A LOT.
Enjoy looking at the fabulous creatures and scenery you can see under the waves in the beautiful
Mexican Caribbean!
Hope you enjoyed today’s show and tell! Some of these are not as appreciated as they should be. I love photographing the little stuff!
Have a great weekend!11
Fab Photos Friday: Shark Week!
It is Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, and unfortunately, the “fantastic” and “scary” (and sometimes untrue) takes precedence, so I thought I’d show you some of the sharks I have known and loved! I had an overly exciting minute with a Great White, but other than that, my experiences with sharks have been of awe, but not fear. They really are not the man eating, evil creatures depicted on most of shark week. I promise!
These are just a few of my photos, I’ve seen other species, but sometimes they just have not been close enough for a decent photo. I have never seen any of these sharks display aggression to humans, including the Great Whites. The cage incident was an accident, not an “attack”, check out my Close Encounter with a Great White. We NEED our sharks in our oceans. They are a necessary part of the food chain. It’s very important to protect them! Check out the Shark Alliance!
Dive Photos from Cozumel!
I had two fabulous dives yesterday….the first was on Palancar, the second was on Santa Rosa Shallows. Both were gorgeous dives! Enjoy!
