New Pictures 1001

Very rare shots are those blue shark pictures. The blue shark, Prionace glauca, is a rare species to see in Hawaii as it normally prefers much colder water. This 10 foot big female was the second one I've ever encountered in Kona. As she had nothing to afraid, she left many scars on my underwater camera's dome lens :-( A blue shark in crystal clear Hawaiian blue water! That's something different, isn't it?

Next, this curious, young humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, found my...
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Very rare shots are those blue shark pictures. The blue shark, Prionace glauca, is a rare species to see in Hawaii as it normally prefers much colder water. This 10 foot big female was the second one I've ever encountered in Kona. As she had nothing to afraid, she left many scars on my underwater camera's dome lens :-( A blue shark in crystal clear Hawaiian blue water! That's something different, isn't it?

Next, this curious, young humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, found my boat floating and stayed under the boat for more than 10 minutes. I don't know how this happened but I thank Wyland for this. I also got some good head-lunging, breaching, fluke-up dive pictures from the same day! Lucky me!

Finally I was able to get some really good pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata, pictures at sunset.

There is one good editorial ID shot comparing common two species of tuna in Hawaii: yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna.

Following the last submission, I processed a lot more landscape pictures of the Big Island scenery. For the first time I visited the massive Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site which has been well kept and run by the National Park Service. Next stop was the Big Island's norh point, Upolu Point. I photographed Upolu Point Wind Farm.

The rest of the Big Island scenery is from Hilo side. I took a friend of ours to see a molten lava again at the Kalapana lava ocean entry, stayed at a special place, Inn at Kulaniapia Falls to celebrate our 5th anniversary, and then the next morning we stopped by at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Lastly I shot some photos of ancient Hawaiian warrior weapons which were made of shark teeth, hard wood and lava rocks. The craftsmanship of those weapons are incredible, but can you imagine if you are hit by one of those? Ouch! More details are here: Ancient Hawaiian Warriors' Close Combat Weapons.

For complete behind-the-scene stories, please see my blog entries.
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