I have been working on photographing bioluminescence for the past few years.  These images are results from a couple of recent shoots.  Most of these shots are simple timed exposures ranging from 2 minutes to 15 minutes.  I'd like to thank Terry Lynch, Mike Ready, and Bill Lamar for their suggestions and input as I began to learn bioluminescence photography.  As with all of my images posted here, they are for your enjoyment and are not public domain, all are copyrighted.  Please do not copy, download, post online, or reuse in any fashion the photographs that I have posted without express written permission to do so.  Any use of my images must be approved in writing.  To access the images I have posted, you must click on the subject heading link above.  By doing so, your action serves as legal recognition of my stated copyright restrictions, it signifies your willingness to use the images only after written permission is provided, and it acknowledges that failure to follow the rules is a violation of international copyright law.  Thank you for your cooperation.   Read the rest of the entry...

I would like to thank Dr. G. Cailliet for great assistance on IDs for these mesopelagic animals, trawled from between the surface to 1000 meters depth in Monterey Bay, California (November 2009).  A few of the fish were photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  I'd like to thank MBARI for allowing me the opportunity to take these shots.  As with all of my images posted here, they are for your enjoyment and are not public domain, all are copyrighted.  Please do not copy, download, post online, or reuse in any fashion the photographs that I have posted without express written permission to do so.  Any use of my images must be approved in writing.  To access the images I have posted, you must click on the subject heading link above.  By doing so, your action serves as legal recognition of my stated copyright restrictions, it signifies your willingness to use the images only after written permission is provided, and it acknowledges that failure to follow the rules is a violation of international copyright law.  Thank you for your cooperation.   Read the rest of the entry...