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One of my underwater gannet images which was Highly Commended in the GDT competition in 2013 has been turned into a painting by Australian artist Katherine Cooper. Katherine has been collaborating with other artists and marine scientists from the Institute...
After too long spent out of the water this winter it was great to get back in and get diving. Despite yesterday’s strong and variable winds Swanage provided a sheltered location, flat seas and vis in the order of 2-3m,...
I was over the moon when Alex Mustard’s email arrived in my inbox. I’d hoped that a couple of my images might be placed somewhere in the inaugural year of the Underwater Photographer of the Year photography competition but I...
Two of my entries this year have been Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards in the Animal Portraits and the Animal Behaviour Categories. In the Animal Portraits, my image was of a hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus sitting atop...
Every now and again you meet someone truly dedicated to their cause. For Masayuki Tatsumi (Masa) being a marine biologist is anything but just a ‘job’. When Masa isn’t busy working on his PhD studies into climate change impacts on...
As we pulled into the campsite next to Lake Mungo in New South Wales we stopped to watch a pair of kangaroos resting in the shade of a Eucalyptus tree sitting out the heat of the day. Looking around we saw...
I’m very pleased that one of my underwater gannet shots has been Highly Commended in this year’s European Wildlife Photography Awards and chosen as the cover for the competition book. This one of my favourite gannet shots being quite engaging...
I duck-dived beneath the surface and the shark shot away into the blue… and that just about signalled the end of a fantastic day watching blue sharks out of Penzance with Charles Hood. The waters offshore of Cornwall support a...
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