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  • Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Grouper

    Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Grouper

    I like groupers for three reasons. 1. They’re pretty scary-looking. 2. They’re easy to photograph. Groupers are relatively territorial and sedentary, and a fish that stays in one place is a fish that’s more likely to star in a “keeper” photo. The infamous fleeing “fish butt” photo is no fun at all.     3.…

  • Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Southern Stingray

    Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Southern Stingray

      On our descent into the Sea Viking/Mike’s Reef site in New Providence, Mat spotted this huge southern stingray, about 3-4′ across. I got right in its face with my fisheye lens.   Feeling the need for a sense of scale, I motioned for him to come over into the frame…   … but apparently…

  • Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Wrecks of the Steel Forest

      The Steel Forest is a set of three wrecks that were scuttled between 1997 and 2002. They orient to form a triangle on the sandy bottom in 40-120′ of water, right on the edge of the Tongue of the Ocean, a 6000′-deep ocean trench.     The “fake hand on/under a wreck” thing seems…

  • Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Wrecks of the Willaurie and Anthony Bell

    Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Wrecks of the Willaurie and Anthony Bell

    Anthony Bell Wreck The Anthony Bell is an old 90′ Bahamian tugboat. She was scuttled by Stuart Cove’s to create an artificial reef. Prior to sinking, Anthony Bell was meticulously stripped to make the wreck safer for divers.   Rusting metal still poses a hazard, however, as do some of the inhabitants of the artificial reef, such…

  • Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Twin Sisters Wrecks

    Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Twin Sisters Wrecks

    One of the first dive sites on our Nassau trip was called Twin Sisters. These two smallish oil tankers were donated by Shell and sunk in 2000 to create an artificial reef. They sit in about 80′ of water.   We were the first off the dive boat, so we decided to get into the…

  • Drink Up

    Drink Up

    I did this one specifically for the project 52 challenge at my3boybarians. I’m back in Vermont, which means delicious local beer (I’m talking to you, Long Trail Ale) and warm, fuzzy sweaters (brr). This week’s theme was “drink up,” which I did… shortly after this shot.

  • Puppy Portrait

    Puppy Portrait

    Update 1/14/2014: Want to see more of Carat (“Peepers”)? She is now the star of her very own blog at www.bostonterrierproblems.com I’ve been on a self-portrait kick lately, ever since I learned how to tether my camera to my laptop/TV. One of my goals for the year is to get better at portraits, and I’m the only model…

  • Flake

    Flake

    Having been decimated by Hurricane Irene in August 2011, and currently suffering an atypically warm 2011-2012 winter season, the ski town of Killington, Vermont, can use all the snow it can get. I hope it sticks! This was my first attempt at shooting snowflakes. I have a lot to learn, but this was the best…

  • Puppy Love

    Puppy Love

    Update 1/14/2014: Want to see more of Carat (“Peepers”)? She is now the star of her very own blog at www.bostonterrierproblems.com When we were considering getting a puppy, my biggest concern was that adding a new dog to the family would upset Waffle. They’ve taken to each other better than I ever could have hoped, and now that…

  • Diving the California Oil Rigs, Part 3

    Diving the California Oil Rigs, Part 3

    (See Diving the California Oil Rigs, Part 1 and Diving the California Oil Rigs, Part 2) Above is a male sheephead, a common game fish in California, and below are a pair of females. Fun fact: all sheephead are born female, and eventually change to males later in life.   Here’s a Lingcod:   A scorpionfish:…