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OCEAN
ENCOUNTERS We’re happy to
announce our new photo e-book app for the Apple iPad, iPhone, and iPod
Touch, " Ocean Encounters ".
Join us in exploring beneath the waves. Enjoy close-up encounters with
marine wildlife large and small (whales, dolphins, sharks, fish and
invertebrates)... scuba dive down onto colorful coral reefs and through
swaying kelp forests... and learn about the marine environment worldwide.
250 photos, "notes from the field", and a cool interactive map
bring ocean adventure into focus like never before.
If you own one of the above mobile devices, visit
the App Store today to download " Ocean Encounters " by
using this link:
www.banzailabs.com/ocean
Please
take a moment to write a review after you give it a test drive. User
feedback is really important in helping to highlight quality apps from
among the hundreds of thousands of things available on iTunes/App store.
Baja
Mexico We
would like to take this opportunity to show you new photography from an
exciting trip to Baja Mexico, more specifically the La Paz area in the Sea
of Cortez, and the Socorro Islands way out in the Pacific Ocean.
Highlights of the expedition include swimming with huge friendly manta
rays, interacting with playful sea lions, watching whale sharks feeding,
being enveloped in clouds of baitfish, poking around the Cabo Pulmo coral
reef, and even petting a completely wild dolphin. We've been visiting Baja
for more than 20 years- in fact this is where my wife Melissa and I met-
and it remains one of our favorite places on the planet. Please take a
moment to browse our new
Baja photos or all
of our Baja photos and let us know what you think.
Galapagos
Islands The incomparable
Islas Encantadas 600 miles off Ecuador once again delivered a remarkable
array of animal encounters- whale sharks, walls of hammerhead sharks,
mind-boggling schools of bonito, sea turtles, my favorite modern day
dinosaurs the marine iguanas, blue-footed boobies, playful sea lions,
current-swept reefs covered in sea fans and gorgonians, penguins, and on
and on and on. It remains one of my favorite places on the planet. Please
browse our new Galapagos photos when you have a moment.
Bryde's
Whales feeding on baitballs Earlier
I reported on our very successful marlin shoot. But I did not mention that
in addition to striped marlin, I also was fortunate enough to capture some
of the most dramatic underwater feeding shots of Bryde's Whales (Balaenoptera
brydei) in the world today. I wish I could say that these pictures of this
unusal rorqual whale resulted from careful research, but that would be a
lie. I had absolutely no idea that these baleen whales were going to show
up to crash the marlin party. I was simply in the right place at the right
time. Lady Luck deserves much of the credit this time. Anyhow, it was
quite the experience to have to dodge the rapier-like bills of fiesty
marlin AND twenty tons of blubber at the same time. The National
Geographic Magazine has just published two of the images in the October
2009 issue, and I can finally post my collection on my web site. Photos
here: ( link
)
Bottlenose
Dolphins Fresh from last
month's dolphin shoot in the Caribbean: new stunning sunset shots,
intimate portraits, dolphins at play, and underwater images. We've added
the first batch of dramatic mages to our web site. More to come soon. This
new coverage adds to our already class-leading collection of marine mammal
photography. Please contact us to discuss how we can help bring your next
editorial project or advertising campaign to life. Photos
here: ( link
)
New
Zealand I'm not sure why it's
taken so long to dive Middle Earth. Whereas previous trips to this
magical land saw me focusing on whales and dolphins, this time we did
everything that we had not done before, including scuba exploration of the
Poor Knights Islands. Which I'll sum up with "Great fun, bold color,
interesting critters, refreshingly different underwater habitat." But
that was only the start. With scuba gear still wet, we piled into a
campervan and went on a rampage, north to south. Our list of topside
adventures included caving in the Waitomo area, Maori culture and boiling
mud pits in Rotorua, hiking up volcanoes in Tongariro National Park,
clawing up and sliding down Franz Josef Glacier, kayaking in Milford
Sound, cruising on Doubtful Sound, killing swarms of sand flies in
Fiordland, marveling at tree-sized ferns in temperate rainforest, and
much, much more. Honestly, I would say that there's more exciting
outdoorsy stuff to do here, and more jaw-dropping scenery awaiting around
every corner, than just about any place on earth. What a trip! Photos
await: ( link
)
Sailfish
and Striped
Marlin feeding on baitballs I
just returned from two wildly successful photography expeditions and have
something very cool to share with you: brand new underwater pictures of
striped marlin and sailfish. Not struggling on a fisherman’s line, but totally wild
and free, lording it over the blue. Quality
underwater photos of these majestic gamefish are very rare. I was
fortunate enough to finally find myself in the middle of amazing baitball
action with dozens of billfish on the hunt. Displaying remarkable agility
and speed, the excited, neon-flashing "stripies" and
"sails" rocket into the
spinning mass of sardines and mackerel, slashing with spear-like bills to
separate, stun, and then swallow one unlucky baitfish at a time.
Photographing these eight-foot long menacing "superfish" hunting
in the open ocean was one of my career highlights. (
Marlin photos link
) ( Sailfish photos link
)
Visit Search
for easy to use Keyword Search Engine and Category Search
upcoming
travel
2011/2012
Planned shoots include salmon of the
Pacific Northwest, scuba diving in the Pacific Northwest, Australia's
Great Barrier Reef, orca (killer whales) and blue whales, wild spotted
dolphins and sharks in the Bahamas, Tonga for humpback whales, and certainly additional projects
yet to be determined. Please let us know if you have a "piggy-backable"
assignment you'd like us to complete.
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Selects
We've
created this new feature on our web site ( link
) to highlight some of our favorite photographs
from over the years, and to give you a quick, easy look into the subject
diversity of our photo library. We will update this page every so often, so check
back every so often.
Melissa's
Blog My wife
and partner Melissa, an artist specializing in colorful, detailed
paintings of fish, birds, and other animals, has recently updated her web
site , added e-commerce capability, and a blog.
Please stop by for a visit and see fantastic art in the making!
Blog
We finally join the
blogosphere. Come on over to our blog
for sporadic updates, news, and other info.
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