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Rice Fields of Zen Dreams

4 05 2011

These rice terraces in Bali are mesmerizing. The pride and labor that goes into shaping, maintaining and working these rice paddies is an impressive example of the human spirit.

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Tags: Bali, indonesia, Ric Paddies, Rice Fields, Rice Terrace
Categories : HDR, Landscape

Amazing Komodo, Indonesia

18 04 2011

Just returned from an expedition to Komodo. The reefs are rich, the dragons are infamous and awesome.

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Tags: indonesia, Komodo, Travel Photography, Underwater Photography
Categories : HDR, Underwater Photography, Wildlife

Just Monkeying Around

16 06 2010

It’s hard not to feel a connection to these Macaque monkeys. Taken in Bali’s Monkey Forest in Ubud.

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Tags: Bali, indonesia, Macaque, Monkey, Monkey Forest, Ubud
Categories : Wildlife

We recently returned from North Sulawesi, Indonesia (thanks to Eco Divers), where I was invited to be the “photographer in residence” for a week. Unfortunately mother nature had other plans for us. During the week we only had a one small window of sun to shoot some snorkeling images for a new Cressi catalog. The water quality was affected by the constant rain, but we salvaged a shot or two. This is normally the dry season – chalk it up to climate change.

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Tags: Cressi, Eco Divers, indonesia, Manado, North Sulawesi, Snorkeling, Underwater Photography
Categories : Underwater Photography

Boo! Raja Ampat

9 05 2010

It was beautiful morning light peeking through the holes in the small island of Boo in Raja Ampat Indonesia. I could have shot here all day!

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Tags: Boo, Cave, Coral, indonesia, Light, Raja Ampat, Underwater Photography
Categories : Underwater Photography, Wildlife

Almost Awesome – Giant Pygmy Seahorse

2 05 2010

This image is from 2005. I “rediscovered it” this past week while searching my images library for close focus wide angle shots for a magazine article. I didn’t submit this image because it is a little soft, but I do think it’s kind of cool.

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Tags: CFWA, Close Focus Wide Angle, indonesia, Pygmy Seahorse, Raja Ampat, Underwater Photography
Categories : Underwater Photography, Wildlife

Metaphorical Reflection – Underwater and Above

2 01 2010

It’s not often that such prolific coral grows so close to the surface. I was awestruck when I visualized an image of the trees above the water’s surface peering down at the magical trees beneath. Metaphorical reflections of mimicry.

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Tags: Coral, indonesia, Soft Coral, Triton Bay, Underwater Photography
Categories : Underwater Photography, Wildlife

Glorious Triton Bay – Underwater Photo

22 12 2009

This image took a little planning, but it all came together and is one of my favorite images from Triton Bay, a very remote part of western Papua, Indonesia.