andrewdawsongallery

November 7, 2003

NOOOO!!!! (struggle) You can't stop me from posting more of these...

October 31, 2003

I agree with Stephen H, your font work could be improved. Personally, I think using ?!? at the end would have more impact; the exclamation point would imply your anger/frustration, while still maintaining the question format. :>)

October 31, 2003

Thanks everybody! It's one of my favorite spots in N. Vermont. With no houses along any of its shoreline it's always incredibly quiet there... :>)

October 29, 2003

in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont

October 28, 2003

The big-headed guy of the California Channel Islands :>)

October 26, 2003

Thanks Matthew--oh, I wish I had a rebreather! Someday they'll be cheap enough. I'm sure I held my breath; usually 10-15 seconds is enough for the bubbles to clear out of the frame. I do remember being flat on my back, on the bottom.

I'm usually reluctant to do too much color correction either. Things like the kelp can look better, but I agree about what it does to the background water, it can start to look phony. :>)

October 26, 2003

Nice typo on the title... That would be PAINTED anemones :>D

October 26, 2003

People seem to like these orange invertebrates, so here's some

more :>)

October 25, 2003

Only took about 200 years to grow to this size ;>)

October 23, 2003

Hi Margaret--this is the uncropped original; I did the above version only because I thought too much of the out-of-focus orange at the bottom got a little distracting. But as always, I'm open to suggestions... BTW, they are tentacles :>)

October 22, 2003

Nice--I think ideally, you want the front of the drop to be sharp too; it looks like the sharpest plane is toward the back

October 22, 2003

More warm color from a cold place... :>)

October 20, 2003

Sometimes I wish I had the BS in me to say--with a straight face--that I was that tough :>) The truth is, the sharks at this location are very well-fed and unaggressive, and it really is not that scary. I wouldn't make that assumption elsewhere; as recent events teach us, you gotta give wild animals their space...

October 20, 2003

Not nearly as dangerous as their teeth might imply...

October 19, 2003

Just following up on Michele's obsession with mollusks... ;>)

October 19, 2003

This coral grows like giant heads of lettuce blanketing the sea floor

October 19, 2003

Dario, I cropped maybe 5% from the edges but that's about all. Sometimes things just fall into place...

October 18, 2003

I think the blue helps alot... If it were only the earth tones, it wouldn't be as striking, and it gives a sense of the environment too. :>)

October 18, 2003

Fortunately, this shark was not quite as long as our 45-foot boat ;>)

October 17, 2003

Thanks Andrew... These sea fans in Fiji really are beyond belief. You're down fairly deep (@ 40-45 meters), and the light is very diffuse, really magical...

October 17, 2003

Thanks Steve! Yeah, it was just one of those lucky days out. Nice late afternoon light, rock climbers in an easily accessible place... I rarely use that Tamron zoom, but at 200mm and stopped down, it's actually pretty sharp. :>)

October 17, 2003

Oops, my bad--should be fixed now

October 17, 2003

This is a huge sea cave in the Channel Islands off California

October 16, 2003

Yes, those of us still doing film macro are definitely jealous of you digital folks... Since you have open access to this critter, I'd try more stuff with it; different backgrounds, weird angles etc.