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So You Want to Dive with Steller Sea Lions? This is What You Can Look Forward To.

I've spent a lot of time diving with sea lions and love it. There is no bad sea lion dive (with one exception which I'll get to at the end). I have more photographs of them than I need, but I will keep diving with and photographing sea lions until…

adminAugust 3, 2020

Canada Hornby Island Sea Lion Underwater Photography

Underwater Photos of Steller Sea Lions, Eumetopias jubatus, British Columbia

In January I made another trip to Hornby Island to photograph Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus). This is some of the most exciting scuba diving that can be done anywhere in the world and is not for the faint of heart! Steller sea lions are some of the largest pinnipeds in…

adminMarch 25, 2020

Best Photographs of the Year Browning Pass Canada Iceland

Natural History Photography – Best Photos of 2019

My Best Natural History Photographs of 2019 2019 offered opportunities to again dive the chilly waters of Browning Pass at the far northern end of Vancouver Island, photograph the Southern California spring wildflower bloom, travel to Rome, Paris, Iceland and London with my family, dive with whales and sea lions…

adminDecember 18, 2019

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The Spectacular Underwater Reefs of Browning Pass, British Columbia

There it is in a few aerial photos, Browning Pass, site of some of the finest diving in the world. Cold, with nutrient rich current-laden waters, Browning Pass supports some of the richest, most profuse reefs I have seen anywhere in my diving career. Browning Pass aerial photo, with Nigei…

adminJuly 19, 2019

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Marine Creatures of Browning Pass and God’s Pocket 2019

In early 2019 I returned with my cameras and dry suit to God's Pocket, a tiny and remote diving lodge on Hurst Island near the top of Vancouver Island, for a few weeks of the world's best cold-water diving. Damn it was great, I mean Really Great. I've been diving…

adminJuly 8, 2019

Browning Pass Canada Underwater Photography

Diving British Columbia’s Browning Pass and God’s Pocket Provincial Marine Park

"The Best Cold Water Diving in the World" Strong words. True? Probably. I recently spent a week diving in and around Browning Pass, a spectacular underwater ecosystem at the very north tip of Vancouver Island on the West Coast of British Columbia. The area is home to many islands, islets,…

adminMay 7, 2018

Canada Hornby Island Sea Lion Underwater Photography

Steller Sea Lions, Eumetopias jubatus, Hornby Island, British Columbia

Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada Image ID: 32660 Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada I have a real love for pinnipeds (seals and sea lions). I've been in the water with many big animals including whales, sharks, dolphins,…

adminFebruary 17, 2017

Canada Salmon

Adams River Sockeye Salmon Swimming Upstream

Sockeye Salmon swims upstream in the Adams River. This is another sockeye salmon photograph (Oncorhynchus nerka) that took a while to grow on me, but which is now one of my favorites. Usually underwater photographers spend much of their time trying to eliminate backscatter and bubbles from their compositions, hoping…

adminMarch 21, 2011

Canada Salmon

Sockeye Salmon Migrating Up The Adams River

A group of sockeye salmon school tightly as they migrate upstream in the Adams River. In reviewing some images I shot last year I realized I almost trashed this one during the initial edit. I'm glad I saved it, because in the months since I shot it last October it…

adminMarch 20, 2011

Canada Panoramas

Cathedral Grove, Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is covered with trees (at least those parts that have not been logged out yet). One particularly notable grove is Cathedral Grove, part of MacMillan Provincial Park. In Cathedral Grove enormous Douglas fir and Western hemlock trees are found, not yet taken by the logging industry and recently…

adminFebruary 2, 2009

Canada Vancouver

Totem Pole, British Columbia

We saw many totem poles in British Columbia. There are First People (Native American) communities throughout British Columbia, and the totem is one of their most visible and well-known cultural and artistic products. I should have taken a few more photos of them while we were there! Totem pole.Image ID:…

adminAugust 11, 2008

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Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver

The Capilano Suspension Bridge is just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. It's a fun outing, especially for kids. Be advised, however, that you should arrive early if you wish to walk the bridges and through the forested sides of Capilano Gorge in peace. For once the tour buses arrive --…

adminAugust 9, 2008

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Lost Lake, Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler is plugged with mountain bike trails, like a huge web running through the woods. I made a few outings to Lost Lake and the trails around there, running one morning and biking with my kids the next. We would often see shadowy figures moving deep in the forest on…

adminAugust 8, 2008

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Ilanaaq on Whistler Mountain, British Columbia

While in Whistler, we saw a few unusual stone structures. One was at the top of the gondola station, near the patio overlooking Whistler Village. The other was larger and situated on a clearing on the summit of Whistler Mountain. After asking around, we learned that these were statues of…

adminAugust 7, 2008

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Green Lake Panorama, Whistler, British Columbia

The weather we experienced in Whistler in July was spectacular. Warm, sunny, with hardly a cloud in the sky. However, that lack of clouds made for some truly uninspiring landscape photography. I only found one image from our stay in Whistler that I was very happy with, and that is…

adminAugust 6, 2008

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Granville Island Public Market, Vancouver

While in Vancouver we spent a few days on Granville Island. The collection of shops, marinas, parks and pubs there makes walking around the small island really enjoyable, and the views across to downtown Vancouver are great. We particularly liked the Granville Island Public Market, a conglomeration of grocers, fruit…

adminAugust 3, 2008

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British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria, Vancouver Island

Facing Victoria's famous and scenic Inner Harbour are the British Columbia Parliament Buildings. Built in 1893, the buildings are home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The British Columbia Parliament Buildings are located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and serve as the seat of the Legislative Assembly of British…

adminAugust 1, 2008

Canada Panoramas

Big Trees Trail on Meares Island

We had a few hours in Tofino one afternoon. Our choice was to go kayaking or take a boat ride over to Meares Island to walk the Big Trees Trail. We choose the latter. Arriving on the narrow shoreline after a 10-minute skiff ride, our boat driver told us he'd…

adminJuly 31, 2008

Canada

Rainforest in Pacific Rim National Park

One wet foggy morning while in Tofino (come to think of it, most mornings seem to be wet and foggy in Tofino) we rolled a short way down the road into Pacific Rim National Park and took a nice hike, more of a walk really, on the Rainforest Trail. The…

adminJuly 29, 2008

Canada Vancouver

Vancouver at Night

This is downtown Vancouver at night -- the Yaletown district -- viewed from Granville Island. After dinner my younger daughter and I took a stroll along the boardwalk in front of our hotel. The walk was now empty of tourists (all of whom had retired to the Granville Island brewery)…

adminJuly 28, 2008

Canada GeoBlog

British Columbia Photos on Google Earth

We returned from our British Columbia trip last weekend. We spent time in Whistler, Tofino, Victoria and Vancouver and managed to do a lot of biking, ziplining, hiking, flying, eating and beachcombing. During the past week I've reviewed all the photos we shot and edited down to a selection of…

adminJuly 27, 2008

So You Want to Dive with Steller Sea Lions? This is What You Can Look Forward To.

Underwater Photos of Steller Sea Lions, Eumetopias jubatus, British Columbia

Natural History Photography – Best Photos of 2019

The Spectacular Underwater Reefs of Browning Pass, British Columbia

Marine Creatures of Browning Pass and God’s Pocket 2019

Diving British Columbia’s Browning Pass and God’s Pocket Provincial Marine Park

Steller Sea Lions, Eumetopias jubatus, Hornby Island, British Columbia

Adams River Sockeye Salmon Swimming Upstream

Sockeye Salmon Migrating Up The Adams River

Cathedral Grove, Vancouver Island

Totem Pole, British Columbia

Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver

Lost Lake, Whistler, British Columbia

Ilanaaq on Whistler Mountain, British Columbia

Green Lake Panorama, Whistler, British Columbia

Granville Island Public Market, Vancouver

British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria, Vancouver Island

Big Trees Trail on Meares Island

Rainforest in Pacific Rim National Park

Vancouver at Night

British Columbia Photos on Google Earth

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