This is a photo diaries meant only as a brief respite from the ugliness of the day and as a reminder that we share this fragile planet with all manner of amazing creatures. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
The Waianae Coast
Welcome to another one of these photo diaries meant as a brief respite from the stuggles of the day and as a reminder that we share this planet with all manner of wonderful critters...
Byodo-In Temple in Kaneohe
...and the occasional beautiful human-created space.
(this is an infrared-HDR photo)
Good evening. It is time for another one of these photo diaries provided only as a brief respite from the struggles of the day and as a brief reminder that we share this planet with all manner of amazing critters. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
Molokai Dawn
This is another one of these photo diaries meant as a small refuge from the strugggles of the day and as a brief reminder that we share this planet with all manner of amazing critters. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
Sea Star Shrimp Periclimenes soror on a Cushion Star Culcita novaguineae
When you turn over these echinoderms you often find these tiny crustaceans. Their color varies to match their host.
This is another one of these photo diaries meant to provide a brief respite from Tea Party insanity and Meta Madness and as a reminder that we share this planet with a wide variety of amazing critters. These photos with a couple of exceptions were taken this past weekend. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
He'eia
Windward Oahu.
This is another in a series of photo diaries intended as a brief respite from the struggles of the day and as a reminder that we share this planet with an amazing variety of critters. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
Spotted Eagle Ray
This is a case of trying to salvage a low-contrast technically flawed photo using some software tools to give a different look. Maybe not entirely successful but better than the original.
This is another photo diary meant to provide a brief respite from the stuggles of the day and as a reminder that we share this planet with all matter of amazing critters. These photos were taken this past weekend, including sunrise at Lanai Lookout at the eastern end of Oahu and during four dives on the west side of the island. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
Pre-Dawn
This is another of these diaries meant as a respite from the stuggles of the day and as a reminder that we share this planet with a huge variety of incredible creatures. Remember we are all related.
These photos were taken during four dives this past weekend on the north shore of Oahu in Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District. I hope you enjoy your visit.
Rain Over the Mokuluas
Another one of these diaries meant to provide a brief respite from.. well you know. These photos were taken in the Okavango and Linyanti regions of northwest Botswana.
Savuti Sunset
This is another in a series of diaries meant only as a brief respite from the stuggles and infuriations of the day and as a reminder that we share this planet with all manner of amazing critters. These photos were taken during a handfull of dives over the past two weekends including a night dive last night at Pupukea Marine Reserve. I hope you enjoy your visit.
Lanikai Beach
This is another one of these diaries. You probably know the drill by now. No meta or conflict, just some photos of wildlife and some beautiful things. I have to say that I am in a serious post vacation funk abetted by tons of ugly news and a country that seems to have gone utterly insane. I doubt I am alone in my anger and disgust. I hope this helps in some small way.
The Mokuluas, Oahu
As many of you know, I recently returned from an archaeological field season in Hawai'i. Tonight I want to talk about issues of sustainability and reestablishing traditional forms of horticulture on Maui. The diary is based, in part, on a film called Ho'okele Wa'a (Hawaiian for Turning the Canoe) that had its premier at the Maui film festival in June. (Full disclosure--the film was written by Dr. Janet Six, one of my former students.) While the film highlights many sustainable technologies, I want to focus on the re-establishment of the taro fields or lo'i, since taro played an major role in Hawaiian subsistence before European contact.
I will begin with a little bit of history below the fold.
Aloha! This is another in a series of diaries meant to provide a brief respite from the struggles of the day and you remind you landlubbers out there that we share this planet with some amazing creatures. I really hope you enjoy your visit here this evening.
After Sunset
Aloha. This diary is a departure from my usual critter heavy fare. These are some random photos taken (mostly) in my neighborhood on the windward side of Oahu. I am excited that the Flame Trees out in front of the condo are blooming. These shots were taken over the past week.
There is some experimentation in the processing in a few of these shots. If you are a film purist who hates HDR and other highly processed photos I feel your pain but will probably add to it with these. I am just playing around to see what works and what doesn't.
I hope everyone had a great Fourth!
Aloha and welcome to another one of these (mostly) underwater photo diaries. This diary is meant as a brief respite from the struggles of the day and as a reminder that we share this damaged planet with some amazing and beautiful creatures.
I will structure this diary roughly from the simplest to the most complex creatures that I photographed over the weekend. Of course we have all be evolving exactly the same length of time so let's have some humility.
Tiger or Divided Flatworm
We will pass over the cnidarians (jellys, hydroids and corals) that often appear as supporting characters and start with a flatworm. This brightly colored critter contains tetrodotoxin, the same poison found in pufferfish. Don't eat it.
This is another one of these things wherein I show you some critters that I have photographed under the waves off the island of Oahu. It is meant to remind you that we share this planet with some amazing creatures, even some that are not covered in oil and dying. It has been a while since I have posted because I am been buried at work this week. I hope you enjoy this little respite from the stuggles of the day.
Sunset