The Honu of Hawaii

Happy Turtle Tuesday to all,
I am just finishing up editing in the music and the narration on my first real movie.
It is titled the Honu of Hawaii and is 26 minutes long and as you probably guessed it was shot in Hawaii.

The website along with a 2 minute trailer should be live early next week. I am planning on entering this movie in at least 25 film festivals in 2010.

Have a great day

New website

Hello All,
I want to apolagize to all of you for falling off of the map for the last month.
I have been working hard to finish up my first (REAL) movie about sea turtles. I should have it finished by the end of January.
Here is the artwork that I am going to be using for my new website to support the movie.

When it is live I will let all of you know it.

Thank you all for your patience

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 227

Welcome back. Todays picture is of a green sea turtle that is just going back into the ocean. It is not uncommon to find green turtles in Hawaii where this picture was taken to haul out on the beach during the day to take a nap.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-90 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

Enjoy the holidays this week.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 226

Welcome back. With all the news lately about governments all over the world changing or down grading protected areas for wildlife . I am saddened and am wanting the photographs that I have taken to be seen.

This picture is of a Leatherback Sea Turtle that has just emerged from a nest.

Currently there are 2 countries that are down grading protected areas. These gentle giants are already threatened and now with important nesting beaches soon to be developed it is only a matter of time before all we have left are photographs to remember
It is unfortunate that in this economic climate that the lives of endangered species are being pushed aside for economic gain.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 225

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii. I just recently was over in Hawaii shooting some video for a program that I am working on. This picture is of a green sea turtle that is being cleaned by cleaner fish at a cleaning station that I was diving at.

This picture was taken with a Sony HC-7 video camera in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 224

Welcome back. Today we are heading back underwater and to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that is swimming up along the reef.
This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

Have a great weekend

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 223

Welcome back. Today we are heading back to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that is being cleaned at a turtle cleaning station.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light and motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 222

Welcome back. Today we are heading over to the beaches of Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that is just making its way up the beach to rest. Hawaii is one of the few places that sea turtles come ashore to bask in the sun.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-90 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 221

Welcome back. Today we are going back to Hawaii. This picture of as Green Sea Turtle that is laying on the bottom resting as cleaner fish are cleaning it.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 220

Welcome back. Today we are heading over to Hawaii. I just recently returned from a 10 day trip there to film Green Sea Turtle behaviour for a film that I am putting together. I will start to post short clips in the coming weeks of some of the shots.

This picture is of a Green Sea turtle that has crawled ashore to bask in the sun.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-90 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 219

Sorry for the long absence. I have been in Hawaii working on the final footage that I needed to finally get the short 21 minute film that I have been working on shot.I have a deadline that I have to meet to get this finished by so that I can submit it to The International Wildlife Film Festival.

Again sorry for the long absence.

This shot is of Dr Ttodd Jones and I as we were sitting on the beach chatting and looking at these young Green Sea Turtles that had crawled out to lay in the sun.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 218

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to The British Virgin Islands.This picture i of a Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling that has almost made it out of the sand on its journey to reach the ocean.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm macro lens.


Have a great weekend.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 217

Welcome back. Today we are heading over to the Big Island of Hawaii. This picture is of 2 Green Sea Turtles that have crawled out of the ocean to bask in the sun. These 2 were really close to the water line and every time that a wave would roll init would wash over them. The turtle on the top was content with sleeping thru all of this,On the other hand the turtle on the bottom was very aware of everything. It was fun watching and photographing these 2.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 216

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to a Sea Turtle hatchery in Mexico. At this hatchery they collect the Sea Turtle eggs after they have been laid by the turtles and then they are re buried in a secure area. Once the little hatching's emerge from the sand they are collected and released in the sand along the waters edge. You might be asking yourself why even collect them. Sea Turtle eggs are still being illegally collected for human consumption in some parts of Mexico and this is one way to help the survival of the hatching's.

Today's picture is of a head started Green Turtle.This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm lens


See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 215

Welcome back. As I am starting to pack for a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii I wanted to share this picture of a green sea turtle that I shot. This turtle was foraging in the shallow tide pool right along the shore.I figured that in no time this turtle would need to pop its head up for a breath. Well it did but it was always facing the wrong way. So there I am sitting right next to this tide pool with the camera viewfinder up too my eye and my finger on the shutter release waiting for the right moment,30 minutes later the turtle finally looks right at me and we get this shot. I tried to get more but the battery of the camera ran out of juice.Holding the shutter release and having the lens stay focused used up all of the battery.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens


Happy Turtle Tuesday.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 214

Welcome back.This picture is of a Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling as it makes its way down the beach towards the ocean.Hopefully this little guy will be one of the lucky ones that is able to survive and be able to make it back to this very beach 15 to 20 years from now to lay its own clutch of eggs.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens

See you next week.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 213

Welcome back. Today we are heading over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that has hauled out onto the beach to bask in the sun.Hawaii is one of only two places in the world where Sea Turtles haul out to lay in the sun during the daytime.
Do you know where the other location is?
I will post the location tomorrow

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 212

Welcome back and Happy Sea Turtle Tuesday to all of you. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that is in a swimming pose at a turtle cleaning station. This turtle as well as others come to this certain area on the reef to be cleaned by reef fish. This is one of my favorite places to dive. There is always something going on at a cleaning station.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light & Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 211

Welcome back.Today we are heading over to the Big Island of Hawaii.
This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that was swimming along and allowed me and my diving buddy to take some pretty decent pictures of it.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light And Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 210

Welcome back. Today we are heading back to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that is crawling back out into the ocean after spending time basking in the sun.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens

See you Monday.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 209

Welcome back. Todays picture is of a Green Sea Turtle as it is ready to crawl back into the ocean.This turtle was just laying at the waters edge letting the waves wash over its shell. Finally after some time it slowly crawled back into the water and swam away.

This picture was taken with a Nikon d-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 208

Welcome back. Today we are heading back to Hawaii.This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that I was watching as it was eating in a shallow tide pool. I was patiently waiting for it to raise its head to take a breath. My intent was to get some close up pictures of its face.Sitting there foe about an hour it finally raised its head and looked directly at the camera.

This picture was taken with a Nikon d-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens

See you tomorrow.

a Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 207

Welcome back. I first off want to apologize for being absent from blogging for the past few days,I was hoping to post some new pictures of Leatherback sea turtles.I was invited to participate in a research project to tag and release adult Leatherback turtles off of the coast of California.
The weather has not cooperated at all with the project and when the fog finally breaks the boat decides that it will also break.
So 30 hours of driving later I am finally siting at my desk dreaming of what could have been.
So on that note todays picture is of a Leatherback that was raised in captivity at the University Of British Columbia.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm lens.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 206

Welcome back. Todays picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that is resting in the shallow water of the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii. Green turtles in Hawaii have started to crawl up onto shore to rest. This allows non divers a chance to see these amazing creatures.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-90 camera with a 70-200 mm lens


See you tomorrow

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 205

Welcome back. Today we are heading to the beach on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.This picture is of 3 green sea turtles that have crawled out onto the beach to bask.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

See you tomorrow

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 204

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii. This picture is of a young green sea turtle that was following me and my dive buddy around our entire dive. We were both able to get some very nice pictures of this turtle.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light & Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 203

Welcome back. Today we are heading back underwater and over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) as it swims along the reef.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 202

Welcome back. Todays picture is of Dr Ttodd Jones as he is applying a satellite transmitter to a Leatherback Sea Turtle model in a wind tunnel. Dr Jones was studying how science is affecting turtles.
Dr Jones should be publishing his findings soon.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-90 camera with a 20-200 mm lens.


See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 201

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii. This picture is of a group of Green Sea Turtles that have crawled out of the water to bask in the sun.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-90 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 200

Welcome back. Today we are heading back underwater and over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle( Chelonia mydas) that is visiting a cleaning station and being cleaned.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24mm lens in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 199

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii and underwater. This picture is of a Green Sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) as it glides up towards the surface for a breath.

This picture was taken with a Sony HC-7 video camera in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 198

Welcome Back. Today we are heading over to Guam. This picture is of a replica turtle that is hanging in the airport. There are many colorful replicas that are hanging in the lobby of the main terminal.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-90 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

Have a great weekend.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 197

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to Rocky Point Sonora Mexico. This picture is of a Hawksbill Sea Turtle that has a satellite transmitter on its back. This female turtle was caught by fishermen and brought to a marine school. It lived here for 9 years. A researcher convinced the school that they should release this turtle and follow its movements with a satellite tag.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 20-200 mm lens.

See you tomorrow

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 196

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to the South Pacific island of Rota. This picture is of 2 sea turtle figures that are deep in a cave located on a remote pat of the island. It still is not known how old these cave paintings are. The cave was used by the Japanese as a hospital when they occupied the island in the early part of WWII.

This picture was taken with a D-90 Camera with a 60 mm macro lens.

See you tomorrow

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 195

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle(Chelonia mydas) that has crawled out and is basking in the sun.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

Have a great weekend,See you Monday.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 194

Welcome back. Today we are heading back to the British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a ghost crab trying to grab a Leatherback Sea turtle hatchling as it emerges from its nest. It is amazing that any of the hatchlings reach the water.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 193

Welcome back. Today we are staying down in the British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a Leatherback sea turtle hatchling as it first emerges from its nest.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm macro lens.

See you tomorrow>

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 192

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to The British Virgin Islands. This picture is of 2 young children who were helping me release these 2 leatherback sea turtle hatchlings.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 191

Welcome back. Today we are heading back underwater. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle as it swims along the reef.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

See you next week.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 190

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) that has crawled out of the water and on too the lava to bask in the sun.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 189

Welcome back. Today we are going back underwater. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) that is cruising along the reef.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 188

Welcome back. Today we are heading underwater and over to Hawaii. This picture is of 2 Gree Sea Turtles as they swim thru the cleaning station.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 187

Welcome back. Today we are heading over to the Big Island of Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle and my diving buddy checking each other out. This young turtle was following us the entire dive.It was interested in our camera gear and every time we took a picture and our flashes went off it would swim closer to get a better look at us.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

Have a great weekend.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 186

Welcome back. Today we are heading up to Vancouver Canada. This picture is of a captive Leatherback that is being raised in captivity so that we may better understand its growth rate. The Leatherback is the most elusive of all the sea turtles. It never stops swimming and knows no boundaries. This is why the researcher has devised this tether so that this turtle will not bump the bottom or the sides of its tank.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 185

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii. This picture is of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) that has crawled out and is resting along the shoreline. Hawaii is one of the few places in the world where turtles crawl out of the ocean to rest.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm zoom lens.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 184

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to the Big Island of Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) that is swimming with my diving buddy and I. This turtle was intrigued by our camera gear and was very curious about the light from our strobes. It stayed with us for most of our hour long dive.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light & Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 183

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to Mexico. This picture is of a skull of a Green Sea Turtle. When I was down in Colima Mexico last year I was asked to photograph all of the dead turtles that had washed up along the beach along a 10 mile stretch of the coastline. In all I photographed 25 dead turtles. Some of them had been there for many years. I dont really know what the researcher is doing with these photographs.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm lens.

Have a great weekend.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 182

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii and underwater. This is a picture of a Green Sea Turtle that is resting on the bottom.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 181

Welcome back. Today we are going to Mexico. This picture is of a group of Olive Ridley hatchlings that were making their way down the beach towards the water.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm lens.

See you tomorrow

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 180

Welcome back. Today we are heading over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that is resting on the back of another sea turtle on the beach.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200mm lens.

See you tomorrow.