Red Pencil Urchin

Red Pencil Urchin Full

The red spines are typical to these urchins in Hawaii When I went underwater for my first snorkel in Hawaii, I was almost immediately met by the oddest-looking urchin that I had ever seen. After some research I found out that I was seeing my first Indo-Pacific endemic urchin, the Red Pencil Urchin; a.k.a. slate […]

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned Night Heron at Sunrise

Ormond Beach has been home to countless vacations for me and my family Ormond Beach, Florida has been the home to countless vacations for me and my family. Matt has even joined for some vacations there. It’s a great place nestled just north of Daytona Beach that has an expansive beach and small crowds. Whenever […]

Osprey

Osprey Black and White

Look closely, you can see the baby osprey in the nest. This is a photo of an osprey, my favorite sea bird. I took this photo down in Key Largo, Florida, where I used to live. I regularly visited this particular osprey nest. If you look closely, you can see the baby osprey in the nest.  The […]

Fire on the Horizon

Fire on the Horizon

The sky had a wild orange glow A few years ago, I was diving about five miles off the coast of Key Largo, Florida.  After we surfaced from our dive, we looked up and saw this. Wildfires in the Everglades National Park had sent thick smoke over the entire area.  The sky had a wild […]

Blackwater Sound Sunset

Sunset on Blackwater Sound

Some sunsets you will never capture in a photo This photo was taken on Blackwater Sound just off Key Largo, Florida.  This is my favorite area to watch sunsets. On this particular night we got some wild “cotton candy” colors during the sunset.  The reflection of the colors off the calm bay really takes it […]

Siesta Key Sunset

Siesta Key Sunset

I had [the Olympus Tough TG-5]…any time that I hopped into the water I took this photo while out for a relaxing vacation with my fiancée, Jill and her parents. We decided to head out into the ocean one evening to enjoy the warm Gulf water of Siesta Key. I was able to take this […]

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