13 articles tagged with underwater photography
The moment I descended into the warm, blue waters off Luganville's coast, I knew this wasn't going to be an ordinary dive. Twenty meters below the surface, the massive silhouette of the SS President Coolidge emerged from the blue haze...
The moment my ship first approached Fernando de Noronha's emerald silhouette rising from the Atlantic, I knew I had discovered a rare maritime jewel. As someone who has navigated the world's oceans for decades, I've developed a certain intuition about...
G'day, beach lovers! Wyatt here, fresh off what might be the most epic coral comparison tour a Canadian could dream up. Two weeks split between Australia's legendary Great Barrier Reef and the Maldives' stunning Maafushi Island has left me sun-kissed,...
There's something profoundly humbling about standing where Charles Darwin once stood, camera in hand, watching marine iguanas dive into turquoise waters as blue-footed boobies perform their mating dance mere feet away. After decades of traveling to some of the world's...
The moment my fins touched the crystal-clear waters surrounding Weno, I knew this remote Micronesian paradise would forever change my perspective on underwater exploration. As someone who's traversed desert landscapes and studied architectural wonders above ground, diving among the ghostly...
The moment my ferry approached San Pedro's weathered wooden docks, I knew my camera would barely rest during this week-long sojourn. Ambergris Caye's largest settlement unfolds like a photographer's dream sequence—pastel-colored buildings reflected in crystalline waters, fishermen hauling their morning...
The moment my seaplane descended toward Luganville, I knew this wasn't going to be another predictable tropical getaway. The second-largest city in Vanuatu revealed itself as a curious juxtaposition: a sleepy South Pacific town with an unexpectedly profound historical footprint....
As someone who's spent a decade analyzing crime scenes, I've developed an eye for capturing details others miss. Ironically, it was this same skill that drew me to underwater photography in Raja Ampat—a realm where evidence of nature's magnificence is...
The moment you descend beneath Bonaire's crystal waters, time transforms. The Caribbean light filters through in ethereal beams, illuminating a world that feels both ancient and alive – not unlike stepping into a centuries-old wine cellar where living history surrounds...
The gentle rocking of the speedboat lulled me into a trance as we skipped across turquoise waters toward two emerald jewels on the horizon. After years of chasing coastlines around the globe, I'd finally made it to Malaysia's Perhentian Islands...
The moment my mask breached the crystalline waters surrounding Ebeye, I knew this remote Marshall Islands atoll held secrets few western divers had witnessed. Having explored Mediterranean blue holes and Caribbean reef systems for decades, I found myself humbled by...
The moment my plane began its descent over the Marshall Islands, I knew this wasn't going to be like any of my previous diving expeditions. A necklace of turquoise atolls scattered across the deep blue Pacific came into view, with...
The moment my mask broke the surface of Gizo's crystalline waters, I knew this wasn't going to be like any diving expedition I'd experienced before. Below me lay not just vibrant coral reefs teeming with marine life, but a haunting...