this image – in a series of others – was taken by my friend t, whose work you can access here. i will be sharing more of these, but this one just struck me as incredible.. a male polar bears chases down and kills a cub (while it’s mama watches helplessly.)
Category: travel photography
in photos: one day in oslo
oslo is definitely a city i want to get back to. i only spent a day there (or two if you count the day on the way in, but i was out in holmenkollen and only saw the ski jump) but i liked it a lot. norway is crazy expensive, but if it’s a stopover,…
in photos: ireland
ireland holds a special place in my heart, as i know it does for many other people. it’s the land of my ancestors, a land that has seen better times but one that millions of people visit each year just because it’s ireland. also, it’s a windswept island in the middle of the atlantic, so…
travel trends: personal photographers
gone are the days when people packed multiple rolls of film, or bought them at their destinations, then returned home to drop the rolls off at the 1-hour photo kiosk in walmart. even starting to disappear are the days of the selfie stick (thank god.) these days, the trend is a personal, travel photographer. yes,…
in photos: vatersay plane crash
vatersay is the southern most accessible hebridean island, off the west coast of scotland. it’s linked to barra by a causeway, one of several that link the islands, and there are few houses on the island. we had one day in barra back in may and since the island is super tiny, we crossed to…
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in photos: north uist and the machair
the outer hebrides have a rather unique ecosystem, particularly in north uist and harris. it’s call the machair, and it’s predominantly considered to be the fertile, low-lying grassy plains, although some ecologists and botanists consider the dunes machair also. it was just incredible to see, and i wish with my whole heart that i could…
in photos: humpback whales in alaska
it always amazes me to see humpbacks breaching. with what looks like the greatest of ease, they launch their enormous bodies out of the water, writhing and twisting, their pectorals spread. then they seem to hang, suspended in time for the briefest of seconds, before they splash back into the water. if there’s only one…
in photos: ben lomond and the southern alps
last fall, while i was in new zealand, i hiked ben lomond, which the mountain that overlooks queenstown. i wrote about it and posted some pictures when i got back, but i wanted to share more of the southern alps with you this time. {me, at the skyline gondola, looking down over the lake, and…
in photos: granito de oro, panama
granito de oro is a tiny islet in the coiba national park island group, on the pacific side of panama. it’s everything you imagine of a teensy tropical island – it’s tiny enough to swim around, has a thriving coral reef, complete with sharks and turtles, and the perfect white sand under perfect green palm…