Photography from around the world by Andreas Welch.
While traveling around the US, I also visited the Camden Aquarium. It’s not a bad aquarium, but doesn’t really stack up to the Monterey Bay Aquarium where I’d recently visited. However, their “big” tank was impressive and nicely setup for viewing.
We had a very limited time to visit the Science Museum, so we focused primarily on the Aquarium. We also went up to see the “living roof” and had a meal in the restaurant (not the cafeteria). The food was excellent, probably the best food on the trip, if a little pricey. [...]
Returning from my move half-way around the world and getting everything setup again, I’ll continue with the San Francisco blogs. Today’s is a video of Jellyfish that were at the aquarium. This is the first video I’ve played with and while I would have done a few things different at this point, I’m [...]
I was lucky enough to be at the Aquarium at Otter feeding time. The viewing stand is upstairs and was incredibly crowded, even though I did show up a half-hour early for it. It was, however, interesting to see the trainers put the otters through their moves.
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
One of our visits in Houston was to the Zoo. The zoo is very nice and we arrived mid-afternoon and started in the Aquarium near the entrance. Other parts of the zoo to follow.