Archive for February 2010

Snorkeling with a Sea Turtle

A highlight of my trip to the Galapagos was getting a chance to snorkel. We went to several sites throughout the trip and just like seeing wildlife on land, the ocean was teeming with life. In several instances, we were lucky enough to see sharks, penguins, and sea turtles! I didn’t bring along an underwater [...]

Sea Lions

When we landed on Espanola in the morning, sea lions were basking in the sun on a white, sandy beach. They really had no fear or aversion to us, so we were able to get really close to them for some incredible pictures. Even in the Galapagos, fleas like to buzz around the sea lions, [...]

Blue Footed Booby!

Still going through photos. In the meantime – a blue-footed booby I saw on Espanola Island. Can you guess how they got their name?

Galapagos Flamingo

I’m slowly going through the thousands of photos I took at the Galapagos Islands, so instead of uploading all of them at once to Flickr and Picasa, I thought I would share some of my favorites as I continue to post-process. This is the first time I’ve invested time in significant post-processing – I’m using [...]

Back from the Galapagos!

Back to California after spending the past 2 weeks in the Galapagos Islands. I have a couple thousand pictures to go through, so please bear with me while I take time to process. I’m 95.7% sure I might get a new computer to help with the process – iMac with Aperature 3, anyone? In the [...]