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Turtle Blue
Snorkeling at the North Shore’s Shark’s Cove was one of the highlights of our trip. We’d be there for a few hours each day swimming around with turtles, seeing Hawaiian Monk seals, and enjoying all of the other sea life. It was magical!
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Where’s the Seal?
A big surprise to us this trip was seeing a special species of wildlife close up on the beach of our favorite snorkeling spot.
The Hawaiian Monk Seal is on the "critically endangered species" list, as since 2008 it’s believed that there are only 1200 of this particular kind of seal left around the Hawaiian waters. This seal is indigenous to Hawaii and in 2008, was declared Hawaii’s State Mammal.
This female was about 7 feet long, and must have weighed somewhere between 4-500 pounds. She would dig in the sand with her nose, rest, she burped once (which smelled like 1000 foul breaths) and as pictured was rolling over onto her side, covering her eyes for some reason. She let everyone know when someone got too close - she definitely liked her space.
Not too soon after this photo, the Monk Seal fashion police showed up and got everyone much farther away from her. Isn’t she cute!?
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Fiery Sunset
Nearing the end of our trip, we had dinner with some new friends at Shark’s Cove Grill which sits across the street from Shark’s Cove and Pupukea Beach Park on the North Shore of Oahu. As I was eating my wonderful skewers I looked up, dropped my food, excused myself from the table and headed across Kamehameha Hwy with my camera. Mother nature was putting on a show that night.
Although I love the natural rays and palm trees, this shot was tough to process because of camera shake from shooting hand held (after running) and the blue cast in the left of the frame almost made me toss it completely. Anyhow - here it is. I hope you like it!
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Just Keep Swimming
One of the most memorable swims I had at Shark’s Cove was with a juvenile sea turtle, who while fighting the waves and current, would eat mossy seaweed attached to large lava rocks.
After one particular wave came crashing in, both myself and the turtle would swim against the surge, and in the particular photo I caught it just right with the bubbles of the wave and light from above. It looks to me as if the turtle is about to hit warp speed!
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Swimming Along
Snorkeling with the D300 in a simple bag was bit of a scary experience, but I really like how some of the photos came out as opposed to the Canon P&S. This is one of them - with the little ocean bokeh bubbles in the background of some happy fish swimming along.
Sorry for the lack of updates! Back to the real world, and I’ve been tied down at work.EXIF:
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