A tiny fin breaks the surface as the waves all around flatten in a way that disquiets the soul. Below a dark shape looms beneath the oddly stilled water. Without warning the tiny fin rises to becomes a massive black life-scarred body. Larger and larger until my vision is filled by an animal that could […]
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At the end of a big day out on the ocean we all get together to eat and to drink and to talk about our adventures. At the end of a big day out on the ocean the boats all get together too. I wonder if there is some hidden spirit in those wooden hulls […]
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Imagine for a moment you are battleship engaged in some mortal cat and mouse game with an enemy submarine. Suddenly out of the deep blue gloom a long grey torpedo shaped object comes into view heading directly for midships. With no time for evasive maneuvers, counter measures are your only hope now. Closer and closer […]
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Some moments are beyond words, beyond description. In this moment the ocean’s murky gloom fell away as mother brought her newborn calf out of the deep water towards the light and the life-giving air above. In this moment I forgot I was hanging in a vast ocean far away from my everyday life. All that […]
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One night at dinner I described how I planned to swim out into the harbour at night and capture our home away from home as a long exposure in the starlight. Later that night when all was quiet I put my camera attached to a small tripod on top a boogie board and gently slipped […]
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