Andreas Welch Photography

Photography from around the world by Andreas Welch.

Browsing Posts published in August, 2009

While I’m sure that the seals were encouraged to be “at” the aquarium (probably by an availability of food and the rocks to lay on), there was nothing actually forcing them to be there or preventing them from leaving. They were an interesting view out over the bay and the aquarium restaurant (which had excellent [...]

The “The Secret Lives of Seahorses” exhibit at the Aquarium was one of the more crowded ones. It was also one of the more difficult ones to shoot. Flash was not allowed and a lot of the tanks were curved, which made getting an in-focus difficult or impossible in some cases. However, there was at [...]

One of the big attractions at the Monterey Bay Aquarium was their Jellyfish display. It is, by far the best display I have ever seen. It was surprisingly easy to photograph as well. One of the displays was of small jellyfish that had scintillating multi-colored lights running along their body. That is something that just [...]

During my trip to San Francisco, I went down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I can see why it is considered one of the best aquariums in the world. It was quite impressive. This post just scratches the surface of the aquarium and over the next several days I will be posting individual areas of [...]

While moving, I took a weeks vacation to San Francisco. One of the first stops was to the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. The gardens are located in Golden Gate Park and free to enter during their operating hours. They’re very open and a nice relaxing place to be.