An Aquatic Life.....

My love for the ocean probably started before I could walk.  My father being a surfer and my mother being the beach bunny waiting for him on the shore, and me their offspring.  Being a water child, I always wished I could live under the sea in it's wonderland of differences from the surface.  I found the closest I could get to this was snorkeling.  In essence, becoming an alien being floating at the top of a foreign world.  Below are some recent images taken from this aquatic world....

 

"Breath"

Giant Sea Clam

(tridacna gigas)

"Anenomous"

Bubble Anenome

(entacmaea quadricolor)

"Giant Crossways"

Giant Grouper & Giant Trevally

(epinephelus lanceolatus) (caranx ignobilis)

"Narcissus"

Hawaiian Red Lionfish

(pterois sphex)

"Coral Forest"

Scroll Coral

(turbinaria peltata)

"Legendary Arow"

Asian Red Arowana

(scleropages legendrei)

"Seal Serenity"

Hawaiian Monk Seal

(monachus schauinslandi)

"Silver Seal"

Taken By Hibiscus.....

Nothing represents the tropics more than the bright sight of an unraveled hibiscus flower (hibiscus rosa-sinensis). Like beacons in a sea of green jungle, it is said their brazen colors can be seen from a mile away.

In the Hawaiian islands, the hibiscus is the state flower. They are traditionally worn behind the ear by the women to signify to others if they are taken or single. Behind the right ear means she is available, behind the left means she is taken.

Quite the joy to photograph....here are some of my visions inside the hibiscus of Hawaii....

Senorita

Pink Lady

Ruby Rays

Mai Tai

 

Gold Dust Dawn

Where The Wild Things Grow.,....

Around the corner from my house I found a wild patch of jungle growing along and behind a wire fence.  My eyes had a field day exploring this macro world of vines, flowers, and leaves, and the shots I got that day was well worth the humidity and mosquito bites I endured.

I find when I venture into botanicals I feel compelled to scientifically identify my photo subjects, so I have included their common and scientific names along with their titles......

 

'The Underside'

Pink Spotted Hawkmoth Caterpillar

(agrius cingulata)

 

'Blush Stroke'

 Bay Bean Flower

(canavalia rosea)

 

'Rain Catchers'
Bay Bean Flower

(canavalia rosea)

 

'Botanical Bosom'
Bay Bean Flower

(canavalia rosea)

 

'Wild Apparition'

Ivy Gourd Flower

(coccinea grandis)

 

'Emilia'

Flora's Paintbrush

(emilia sonchifolia)

 

'Lauri Flora'

Blue Trumpet Vine Flowers

(thunbergia laurifolia)

 

'Minty Periwinkle'

Blue Trumpet Vine Flower

(thunbergia laurifolia)

 

'Tiny Glory'

Little Bell Flower

(ipomoea triloba)

 

'The Jeweled Star'

Obscure Morning Glory Flower

(ipomoea obscura)

Down To The North Shore.....

Last Saturday, we rounded up the kids and ventured down to the north shore in the early sunshine of morning. We decided to take them to Chun's Reef....a beach I've been going to since before I could walk. These are some of the images of exploration collected that day....

Highway To The Shore

The Queen's Jewels

The Claw That Got Away

Light Waves

 

Seaweed Soup For A Sea Turtle

Aqua Violet