"Huangshan Falls." I captured this image in early morning in the Yellow Mountains of China. Behind this image is a story, climbing at 3 am to reach the point of shooting, when I arrived I could see in the complete dark the effect of the white and slow motion of this cloud waterfall. My hope was when the sunrise came out this effect would still stand front of me. Luckily at 6.30 am the effect was still there when I took the shot before it disappeared completely a few minutes later. #

"Bubbles." A green sea turtle at the surface off the coast of Oahu. I was able to spend the better part of an hour freediving alongside this turtle as it casually grazed on the sea floor below between gulps of air at the surface. #

"Tadpole Girl." The tadpoles that we watched hatch in our mud puddle several weeks before were now hopping. Some of them still had little tails while others seem to have grown out of them. This is my daughter and one of her tadpole friends. For a few days after this, every time we visited our puddle there were tiny toads hopping everywhere. This was the first of many batches of tadpoles that ended up hatching in our mud puddles this past summer due to the large amount of rain we received. #

"Colors of Sea." Not only was the color of sea inspiring and fresh, what was more interesting to see was people were walking in low sea waters as deep as the eyes could reach. #

"Friendship knows no color." 'Friendship knows no color, nationality, race and social level, friendship knows no age and gender, friendship knows no distance' - Luis A Ribeiro Branco. Two Empusa Pennata seem to play a game on a thin plant. #

"Dragging you deep into the woods." A morning stroll into the blissful forest ! Ceaseless drizzles dampening the woods for 12 hours a day; The serene gloom which kept me guessing if it was a night or a day. Heavy fog, chilling breeze and the perennial silence could calm roaring spirits; And there I spotted this beauty, a green vine snake! #

"Herring." This Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) was not even 2 feet from me that day on Staffa Island, I almost had to step back to be able to focus on its beak the way I wanted. It is a common species yes, but it was still a very very nice encounter for me. #

"Huge Scale of Bats Hibernating." When winter comes, Eastern Bent-winged Bats form a colony for hibernation. For several years, researchers were looking for a winter colony, finding this one in the summer. When winter comes, the bats disappeared completely. Researchers tagged about 800 bats. We later found the colony in an artificial cave. #

"Curious humpback whale calf ." Early this month I went swimming, snorkeling with humpback whales in Tonga again. One of the locations where they are born and nurse before heading with their mum to their new home Antarctica. This cutie swam right towards me and came to a halt. With this wide angle lens you can imagine how close i was. I couldn't stop giggling in to my mask as he was just so cute looking at me. I think he asked if i would like to play with him or something. #

"Mirrored Blenny." This shot was taken in Northern Adriatic Sea, in the Gulf of Rijeka (Croatia). I had placed a snoot (a cylindrical hood to control lighting) behind the lair of a horned blenny (Parablennius tentacularis) and waited patiently for it to emerge from its den to make them a shot with the backlight technique. Suddenly the blenny was completely out of its hole and went to look at himself in the snoot window to check who this intruder was. #

"Good Catch." This Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus) was heading back to his nest with his prize catch (a swallow tail or Trevaly). I have being photographing him for a few months and he appeared to do a circle over head before heading away - he seemed very chuffed with himself! #

"They're Here...." Taken June 10 near Stanford, Montana. Kyle and I decided to make the drive to Montana to watch storms, my Mother accepted the invite to join us. I noticed when the smaller storms hit Stanford, they blew up, so we went back to sit and watch. Then this happened!! We watched it grow from a small storm into this beast over the mountain, heading straight for us. I had to ask my Mother “can you see this from in the truck?” – she got out, and was as amazed at what we were looking at as we were. #

"Face to Face Encounter ." During WWII, U-Boats would sit right on the US coast waiting to ambush unsuspecting ships. Today the wrecks left behind are inhabited by the many sand tiger sharks that move up and down the US East coast. This picture was taken deep in the hold of the wreck of the Atlas where I had an amazing face to face encounter. #

"Precious Salt." Great Salt Lake at sunrise, Utah. There are many moving parts here - while these 3 vehicles are moving at a relatively slow speed, I am flying at about 120 miles per hour while banking for the right angle. Aerial Image (shot from a plane at 1,000 feet). #

"Jaffa Gets The Ball." I love everything about dogs. Their energy and spirit is so real and uncomplicated, in many ways more than we humans. My aim was to attempt to capture Jaffa's personality and athleticism – one minute a passive, cute and affectionate family pet and the next a supreme predator desperately lunging for its prey. #

"I Am Angry." We arrived at one of the watering holes in Etosha National Park in the late evening. Four Lions were devouring a large kudu that they killed. A pack of hyenas appeared from the bush nearby attracted by the smell of blood and food for them. What ensued was a fight for the dead kudu between 4 female lions and 16 hyenas. Needless to say, in the end the hyenas won and got the prized kudu. #

"Crack in the Ice." A crack in the sea ice of the Southern Ross Sea, Antarctica. As the cracks open they refreeze immediately creating the series of lines you see in this images. The black line in the center is very thin ice. Specs of windblown dirt from the Mt Erebus Volcano are also covering the ice surface which increases the melting of the sea ice. This image is part of an ongoing 3 year project to document the most remote ocean on the planet and its rarely seen places. #

"Killer swimmer of the sea " We tracked along the side of this Orca swimming out of the Norwegian sea as it dove into and out of the water like a dolphin. The curvature of the water spray around its body truly gives testament to the aerodynamic build of these magnificent creatures. #

"Parental Care." Hornbills have a unique breeding behavior, the female enters the hollow if the tree and the male seals it with mud leaving a small slot from where females beak can stick out. Once this is done, the male takes the complete responsibility of feeding the female and babies till the chicks are grown enough to fly away. In this image, a male is bringing in fruits to feed the female which is nesting inside the tree trunk. #

"No Snow, No Ice?" A solitary bear sits on the edge of one of the Barter Islands. There is no snow, when at this time of year, there should be. In speaking with the locals in Kaktovic, they've noted that it's been an unseasonably warm winter, and that the ice will be late in forming this year. This will have an impact on the local polar bear population, when it comes time to hunt seals for their food in the winter months. #