Nature
My One Voice Matters for Mother Earth
I grew up along the pristine shorelines of Vancouver Island. My parents had built our home in the late 70s and we had spectacular views of the ocean. I fell in love as orcas or blue whales would swim in the waters off our coast, and we would sit there watching either with just our eyes or through binoculars. As I watched them from a young age, I had a love for the ocean and developed a deep-rooted respect for it that prevails to this day. We were also surrounded by some amazing lakes, and our summer day trips to the lake would see me swimming the entire time (except for the mandatory lunch and snack breaks). I loved to swim and the feeling of propelling myself through the water imagining I was an orca.
By Sara Christine5 years ago in Earth
Change Within to Change What Is Without
I just bought a box of delicious kumquats, of the yielding of our small world. What’s going on with our world everyone? It’s working overtime for us while being contaminated. How can we let this happen to our world? We must change within to get this right. Let me explain what I’m trying to convey. It’s time to love our beautiful world; not in part, but in whole. I must interject this thought about what’s going on with our oceans. On the afterhours news I saw garbage patches taking up more space than should be allowed. Each year millions of tons of plastic enter the ocean, after flowing from river channels. Several portions of this plastic flows into the ocean and develops huge garbage patches. This junk gets stuck in the vortex of our ocean’s currents. Garbage patches will eventually outweigh all of the ocean’s fish, if we don’t make a change soon; and the largest — the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — includes an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of trash and covers an area twice the size of Texas.
By Jessica Granados5 years ago in Earth
The Pioneer who Stole My Heart
When we started to remove the invasive weed species from our block and made efforts to improve the soil we noticed a number of plants popping up that I thought might be weeds. As I researched and identified them I frequently came across the term "pioneer species" in relation to the vigourous growers.
By Jane Grows Garden Rooms 5 years ago in Earth
Kayaking Buddie
When you go to Utah lake you can expect to see a whole heck of a lot of Gulls and Ducks. More often than not they ignore you entirely unless of course you have food. In that case you're the star of the show. The day that I captured this photo, my girlfriend and I had gone out on the lake to Kayak. Nothing special, it's something we like to do on nice days to enjoy nature. We live about two minutes from Utah lake, so it's easy an easy and inexpensive outing.
By Uncouth Meerkat5 years ago in Earth
Shades and Elements. Created with: Untamed Photographer.
View print sizes for Shades and Elements by Chris Fallows: Story Behind the Photograph: Shades and Elements Over the past number of years humpback whales have been found to gather in what is known as a “Super Pod” in an area off the Western Cape coastline in South Africa. This Super Pod can sometimes number into the hundreds as the whales use this as a short feeding stop before proceeding on their annual migration route to Antarctica. Towards the end of 2020 we were on standby for weeks in the hope of being able to photograph this incredible coming together of great whales. News of the Super Pod finally reached us and after a six hour boat journey we found ourselves bobbing around in the open ocean in our 26 foot boat. It was impossible not to feel small whilst surround by these huge but gentle giants. Almost close enough to touch, humpback whales bigger than buses moved in a graceful ballet just below and all around our boat. The reflection of sky on the deep, dark blue of the water stretched out in every direction, including below, making the ocean seem bottomless as well as endless. The water was serene and adding to the atmosphere were the vast array of sounds coming from the whales themselves … deep inhalations and exhalations, low rumblings and some severe cases of flatulence!
By Chris Fallows5 years ago in Earth
Earth and Empathy. Created with: Untamed Photographer.
View print sizes for Earth and Empathy by Chris Fallows: Story Behind the Photograph: Earth and Empathy I can well remember the heat, the flies, the dust and the discomfort at the time of this work’s conception. Temperatures were topping out at 40 Celsius in the shade, of which there was very little, and a glaze of sweat on my exposed face soaked up the pulverized earth. Opportunistic flies buzzed all around. Hours upon hours were spent waiting and watching for the herd that we knew walked this particular path almost daily. A small kopje provided an excellent vantage point for surveying the general areas, and every half an hour I would ascend hoping to spot the approaching herd. That being said, my suffering and challenge was brief by comparison to that of the herd.
By Chris Fallows5 years ago in Earth
The Kings Gold. Created with: Untamed Photographer.
View print sizes for The Kings Gold by Chris Fallows: Story Behind the Photograph: The Kings Gold It reminded me of being at New Delhi Station and being surrounded by the hustle, bustle, and organised chaos that goes along with such a throng of life all in a hurry to go somewhere. The difference here, however, was the pristine beach; there was no footfall of humanity and it is a bastion of hope for what our natural world can look like if we better protected it.
By Chris Fallows5 years ago in Earth
Grace on Granite. Created with: Untamed Photographer.
View print sizes for Grace on Granite by Chris Fallows: Story Behind the Photograph: Grace on Granite Leopards, beautiful but elusive, are reluctant to venture into the open, and are notoriously difficult to photograph with a completely clean background.
By Chris Fallows5 years ago in Earth
Warrior. Top Story - May 2021. Created with: Untamed Photographer.
View print sizes for Warrior by Chris Fallows: Story Behind the Photograph: Warrior Contrary to popular belief, the life of a male lion is not that easy. Even though male lions are most often seen lying down, or commandeering the spoils of their lionesses’ hard work, when their call to action comes, it is usually extremely hostile.
By Chris Fallows5 years ago in Earth
