Prague part two-Novy Bor and @novotnyglass with @ondrejnovotnyglass and then Karlsbad to see @moser.glassworks with a special behind the scenes tour of their cutting studio (no pictures allowed). So much stunning glass over the last week.
#novybor #novyborglassmuseum #moserglass #czechglass
Having an amazing time in Prague with the @pghglasscenter collectors trip! Visiting friends like @martinjanecky and @karenlamonte.artist and Frantisek Janak while also seeing amazing historical and contemporary glass in churches, museums and factories. At @ruckl_cz they even let our group try our hands at engraving.
#czechglass #rucklglass #stainedglass #glassart #glassartists
Some fish (and turtle) portraits from the trip starting with my favorite creature we saw-the elusive Frogfish. The turtle shot is a super close up, because of course, the dive a turtle swan with us for 30 minutes I had my 90mm macro lens on my camera 😝 the last shot was a cool experience-look closely and the fish has an urchin in its mouth. It spend several minutes spitting the urchin out hard against that rock/coral and then catching it again in its mouth until it cracked it open and ate it. Would have been a better video, but alas my underwater videographer @uke4chris was nowhere to be found.
#bonairedive #underwaterphoto #seaturtles #diverlife #om1
I was pretty impressed with the health of the reef in Bonaire. We had this amazing dive site called Small Wall right off the beach of our rental house.
#bonaire #bonairediving #smallwallbonaire #healthyreefs #underwaterphoto
Underwater photos to come, but mostly I’m feeling so grateful to get to spend a week with humans I love so much in the sunshine. Much needed after this Pittsburgh winter and the state of the world in general. #greatfriends #bonaire
Got to spend World Oceans Day yesterday in the water with this guy! Sharks are such an important part of the ecosystem and need to be protected and better understood. They are not scary animals out to attack like you see in the movies, but instead graceful curious creatures. Thanks @oceanexplorersdiving for taking us diving!
#worldoceanday #oceanexplorers #shark
We saw lots of beautiful fish and coral, but one of the best parts of diving the Solomon Islands was the light and the caverns! Plus we had very photogenic dive guides-thanks @lupaanning and @tommagnen
#solomonislandsdiving #masterliveaboards #caverndiving #underwaterphoto
Back to land after our amazing 10 days aboard Solomon Master live-aboard. We saw 9 of the almost 30 types of anemone fish and here are my pics of them. In order in the single images-white bonnet, orange skunk, orange fin, Clark’s, true clownfish, saddleback, red and black, pink and spinecheek. Thanks to @lupaanning for teaching us the difference between them and for guiding us on amazing dives!
#masterliveaboards #solomonmaster #divinginsolomons #clownfish #anemonefish #underwaterphoto
As we leave Australia to head on to the Solomon Islands to do more diving here are some additional shots from our incredible scuba adventure in Adelaide.
#divingadelaide #diving_photography #clarkelweesabbatical #closeupwideangle
What a week in Adelaide! Thanks to our dear friends @nickmountglass for hosting us (and Woody for being so lovable) as well as the generosity of our other glass friends @glassgiles@clare_belfrage@tommmmmoore@timebomb3 while we were visiting!
#adeladie #clarkelweesabbatical #nickmountglass #persimmons
