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scuba diving

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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A Channel Islands Diving Retrospective

September 28, 2009
Juvenile Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus), San Clemente Island, California

Before my wife and I moved to Maui from California’s Bay Area, I did a lot of scuba diving trips on the Truth Aquatics boats with my friends the Finstads in the majestic kelp forests of the Channel Islands. I thought it might be fun to share some photographs from those years, many of which were made [...]

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Photowalk 9/15

September 16, 2008

After returning from Photoshop World in Vegas, I checked out Ben Wilmore’s blog and found out he’s on Maui teaching workshops. I’d enjoyed his pre-conference class on “Shooting For Photoshop” and it inspired me to start thinking differently about my photography, so I signed up for his shooting safari. We met at the Institute of [...]

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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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It Never Fails

April 5, 2007

So here I was, set up with my 60mm Micro in my flatport because we’ve had a southern swell lately and everybody’s been saying the vis has been lousy (well, for Hawaii anyway). So of course, half-way through our dive at Ulua Beach, look what shows up. Actually, there were two — a pair! And [...]

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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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Published In Bay Nature

July 5, 2006

Check out this month’s feature on Upwellings in Bay Nature, featuring one of my photographs in the opening spread. Happy 4th! Aloha…

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