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Marty’s photo of the day #4859: I shot this photo at the edge of the Great Blue Hole. Declared by Jacques Cousteau as one of the top 5 dive sites in the world. The Great Blue Hole is 45 miles off the coast of Belize. Stunning coral surrounds the hole, and on the left side […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4857: I know you can find the starfish, but can you find the flounder and the sand dollar? (Photographed off the coast of Belize)
Marty’s photo of the day #4856: This is an iguana, photographed on an island off the coast of Belize.
Marty’s photo of the day #4855: This is a blue land crab, photographed on an island off the coast of Belize.
Marty’s photo of the day #4849: I photographed this lobster off the coast of Belize. Lobsters aren’t very photogenic, but seeing this photo reminded me of being a kid at a fair in Duluth and hearing a carnival barker shouting, “Come see the Lobster Family!” I forget people’s names and faces, yet my brain insists […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4828: When I was in kindergarten, my parents gave me a Diana camera. The first thing I did with it was shoot a roll of film featuring my feet and those of my friends. My dad threatened to take away the camera if I did it again. He was never […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4820: This boat took Deb and me on multiple adventures off the coast of Belize earlier this year. The waves were often rocking and rolling on our side of the island—sending the boat flying—so we’d go in search of calmer waters.
Marty’s photo of the day #4818: Sometimes a frigatebird just must work on her underwing tan! (Photographed in Belize)
Marty’s photo of the day #4810: Oodles of fish (mostly Bermuda chubs and sergeant majors), photographed 35 miles off the coast of Belize.
Marty’s photo of the day #4801: Whenever I’m around brown pelicans, I try to get the ultimate dive shot, showing contact with the water. It’s not easy, as the perfect shot requires good lighting, finding a fast-moving bird in the viewfinder, and keeping the damn bird in the viewfinder. I haven’t achieved perfection yet, but […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4799: I fell in love with underwater photography not only for the brilliantly colored sealife, but also for the joy of finding and photographing the commonly missed. I’ve cropped and adjusted this photo to better show the ray, but when viewing live, it was much more difficult to see. Photographed […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4795: Moonlight over the Caribbean Sea. Photographed from the porch of the cabana Deb and I rented on an island near Belize this past spring.
Marty’s photo of the day #4790: My wife, Deb, diving down to photograph a hiding nurse shark. Photographed earlier this year in Belize.
Marty’s photo of the day #4769: Whether I’m exploring a remote rainforest or an ocean reef, I’m often amazed by creatures that resemble something I’ve seen in a Star Trek movie/show. I remember watching this ray off the coast of Belize a few months ago: it rose above the sand and hovered, moved for a […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4765: I photographed two lionfish off the coast of Belize earlier this year. The species is not native to the area, and both were in cloudy water. Even so, after seeing little ones in aquariums it was fun to see much bigger ones in the wild.
Marty’s photo of the day #4762: When Deb and I were in Bonaire last September, the two consumer-quality underwater cameras I brought soon began to leak. That sent me on a desperate search to buy what turned out to be the one-and-only pro-quality underwater camera for sale on the entire island: a Sealife Micro 3.0. […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4760: I shot this photo last month from the deck of Deb’s and my over-the-water cabana. This is the dock at Blackbird Caye, 30 miles off the coast of Belize.
Marty’s photo of the day #4759: Here’s a male frigatebird, showing off the red feathers on his gular sac. Photographed last month off the coast of Belize.
Marty’s photo of the day #4755: Brown pelican heading into a dive. Photographed last month off the coast of Belize.
