Cats, great and small

Cool rainy day here. Earlier today, I was browsing through National Geographic's always-fabulous images, which you can find over here. Paul Nicklen's narwhal shots led me to his other arctic and antarctic work, including this phenomenal encounter with a leopard seal.



This short film explains more of the context. The leopard seal and Nicklen built up an extrordinary relationship over several days. She tried to teach him to fish, and also brought him food (in the form of penguins).

After National Geographic, other photos seem tame. Which in my case, they are :-)

Monday smiles

Lots of sea-thoughts this afternoon, and while meandering online I came across the work of David Doubilet, who among other things, is one of the photographers-in-residence for National Geographic. His work is a wonderfully eclectic mix, from the looming Wreck of the MV Keith Tibbetts,



...to the elegant duality of this little convoy of ray...



...to this baby green sea turtle, which must be the underwater equivalent* of a ginger kitten in a wicker basket, wearing a bow.


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*Obviously, the major difference is that ginger kitten doesn't make you think "Mmm... pina colada".