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Trying New Things
Queen Angelfish You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things. ~Nate Berkus Filed under: Inspiration,...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Warmth
Well, the photo challenge is perfect for me this week. Here’s my view as I finish my coffee prior to my last day of diving in Curaçao (except this was taken a few days ago around sunset). To learn...
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Poetry
Poetry There is a kind of poetry, bad and good, in everything, everywhere we look. ~Ali SmithFiled under: Enlightenment, Inspiration, Nature, Photography, Scuba Diving, Travel, Underwater...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Express Yourself
Lionfish Expressing As many of you know, one of my passions is underwater photography. So what better way to express myself than to share a shot from my most recent dive trip to Curacao? Here’s a...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Depth
Christmas Tree Worm Certainly one way to interpret this week’s challenge is to demonstrate the concept of depth-of-field. When shooting with a macro lens – as in this shot – the camera captures a...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Rule of Thirds
French Angel Fish A basic and powerful guideline for composition whether in photography or other visual arts, employing the rule of thirds can make the difference between producing a snapshot and an...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Orange
Many sea creatures living on the coral reefs adopt a very effective camouflage strategy. Believe it or not, they utilize the colors in the warm range – bright oranges and reds to protect themselves...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Wall
Coral on the Wall To a Scuba diver, a wall means something very special. Jumping into the water from the back of the boat, we descended to about 30 feet and finned along a sandy bottom for a short...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Afloat
Afloat This is certainly not one of my most artistic shots, but it captures an interesting moment at the end of a dive when one is glad that the boat is afloat! Last fall, Peter and I did a 10-day...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Motion
Blue Tang in Motion Here’s a shot taken while scuba diving in the Denver Aquarium. This was one of the most unusual dives I have ever done! As part of the requirements for the Underwater Photography...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Forces of Nature
Forces of Nature No great surprise that I’d post an underwater shot for this one. There’s always something to photograph on a reef dive. One of my favorite sources of subject matter are the various...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Vivid
Vivid Lionfish I’m late for the challenge this week. I was in Asheville, NC for the wedding of my husband’s nephew – a wonderful celebration in a beautiful place! However, do you really think I could...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Half and Half
Half and Half A photo with two clear halves, this shot was taken while diving on Lighthouse Reef in Belize last fall. The structure in the foreground on which the little fish are resting is a barrel...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Happy Place
Happy Place The challenge this week asks us to show our readers where we get our groove back. And while this lion fish always displays a grumpy face, my happy place is scuba diving and photographing...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Treat
Squirrel Treat Peter and I returned this past Saturday from a fantastic scuba trip to Grand Cayman and the outer Cayman islands. While in Grand Cayman, I did a private lesson with Addie Wee, an...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Ornate
Ornate Our challenge this week is to share something ornate – “where it’s clear that the creators pulled no stops and went all out.” Okay, so how about something brought to you by the ultimate creator?...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Victory
Victory I mentioned in my post on October 30 that I had done an afternoon of mentoring at the Cathy Church Underwater Photography School on Grand Cayman two weeks prior. I asked my teacher to help me...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Trio
Trio I love these Schoolmaster Snappers. This trio was hanging out together under a ledge on the Bloody Bay wall in Little Cayman waiting to have their picture taken. To learn more about the Weekly...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Transition
Transition back to normal. On our recent trip to the Cayman Islands, I found this hermit crab crawling along the sandy bottom. In order to photograph it, I picked it up and placed it on a coral head...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Eye Spy
Balloon Fish Eyes When I saw the prompt, I knew immediately what I wanted to post! This is a balloon fish and this is an exact capture of its iridescent eyes. These little guys hang out in shallow...
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