Getting the Shot Archives - seawildearth https://seawildearth.com/blog/category/getting-the-shot/ Wildlife and Landscape Imaging Adventures Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:14:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 46886990 Song for the Siren https://seawildearth.com/blog/song-for-the-siren/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:07:18 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=13461 Snippets of information filter through chat groups and interest pages, where Manta Rays have been spotted, an errant Whaleshark, Turtles laying eggs, or indeed Turtle hatchlings making their dash to their liquid calling.

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]]> 13461 A Challenge, to My Photographic Journey https://seawildearth.com/blog/wide-angle-macro/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:43:06 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=13450 The power of wide angle macro lies in its ability to simultaneously highlight the intimate detail of a subject while situating it within its environment.

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]]> 13450 Polar Bears in Okinawa? https://seawildearth.com/blog/polar-bears-in-okinawa/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 02:32:29 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=12400 Polar Bears in Okinawa? Surely my eyes were deceiving me? How could the image be lying to me, the playback image on my DSLR couldn't lie, could it?

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]]> 12400 Dragging the Shutter https://seawildearth.com/blog/dragging-the-shutter/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 05:15:09 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=12064 Dragging the shutter of a camera to create specific effects is something I use a lot in Ocean and surf photography.

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]]> 12064 Ishikawa’s Frog, Blue Morph https://seawildearth.com/blog/ishikawas-frog-blue-morph/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:37:26 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=11234 Ishikawa's Frog had evaded me since my arrival in Okinawa just over four years ago. IVe constantly had this critter in my mind, hoping, waiting for the day I would get to photograph it. But it's not just Ishikawa's Frog but more so the blue morph of this ridiculously scarce amphibian.

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]]> 11234 Humpback Whale Calf Woes https://seawildearth.com/blog/humpback-whales-newborn-calf-woes/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:56:50 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=11120 Humpback Whales, is there no greater Oceanic majesty than these sentient leviathans? As yet I have not personally had the pleasure to swim in close company with this species.

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