Dilettante Photography: Retrospective

"Through The Foliage"...The Yaquina Head lighthouse in Newport, on the Oregon Coast from a different perspective. Purchase prints & more: https://1-thom-zehrfeld.pixels.com/featured/through-the-foliage-thom-zehrfeld.html #lighthouse #photography #sea #ocean #travel #captures #nature #landscape https://1-thom-zehrfeld.pixels.com/featured/through-the-foliage-thom-zehrfeld.html

This sailboat (Ketch) is moored on Yaquina Bay on the Oregon Coast. The bay has a large population of sailboats. And, there is easy access to the Pacific Ocean which makes for excellent sailing! Prints & more: https://1-thom-zehrfeld.pixels.com/featured/ketch-thom-zehrfeld.html?newartwork=true #sail #sailing #sea #ocean #photos #boat https://1-thom-zehrfeld.pixels.com/featured/ketch-thom-zehrfeld.html?newartwork=true

Fishing boats & sail boat are caught in an early morning fog with just enough sun peaking through to make a majestic scene. Prints & more @ https://1-thom-zehrfeld.pixels.com/featured/the-bay-thom-zehrfeld.html?newartwork=true … #newport #oregon #nautical #sea #ocean #boats #oregoncoast #photography https://1-thom-zehrfeld.pixels.com/featured/the-bay-thom-zehrfeld.html?newartwork=true

These breathtaking shots are not faked, they really were taken underwater. Amazing! Originally shared by Lerato Majikfaerie Shark Shepherds These incredible images are NOT a photoshopped or graphic artist drawings - they're real photos taken underwater with live wild sharks. Inspired to realise awareness to help protect sharks, photographer Von Wong pulled together a crew of divers in Fiji as well as in impressive array of underwater photography equipment and a champion freediver to be the model in a custom-made gown. In his video https://youtu.be/shXWj8a4DmA (linked in the article http://www.vonwong.com/blog/sharkshepherd ) Von Wong talks about how sharks are a vital part in the ocean's ecosystem, effectively the Shepherds of the oceans. But they need our protection - without sharks, the ocean ecosystem breaks down, and in turn, the ecosystems of the planet break down. Thus the project www.sharkshepherd.com Von Wong says Sharks are almost always depicted as menacing and ter...