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Making A Difference For Our Oceans

November 9, 2009
Green Sea Turtle being Cleaned By Tangs, by Peter Liu Photography

Earlier this year, one of my Green Sea Turtle photos won the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s World Ocean Day Photo Contest on Flickr. This photo is now part of the Aquarium’s “Take Action” campaign to encourage people to do something good for the oceans; in particular, to support National Ocean Policy. Let’s all take a moment to think [...]

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Blue In Black And White

May 29, 2008

Yellowfin Goatfish Originally uploaded by peterliuphoto I’ve been on a black-and-white kick lately. Partly, it’s because I’ve discovered I have a lot of otherwise good shots with the red channel missing due to strobes not firing, photos taken with my point-and-shoot, etc. For those who don’t know, water acts like a prism – you start [...]

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Green Sea Turtle In Flight

April 21, 2008

Green Sea Turtle Originally uploaded by peterliuphoto I’m embarrassed to reveal I still haven’t gone through all the underwater shots I got in Kona from a year ago, and we’re going again next month. It’s not like me. Be that as it may, this shot is irresistible. Amazing what you find when you bother to [...]

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Shark Encounter

September 15, 2006

Ever been face to face with a shark? I have, but never this close. This was one of those “Adventure Days” with Dive Makai where we went offshore to see what we could see. We found a pod of pilot whales and slipped into the water to snorkel with them. Having dived with Dive Makai [...]

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