Quantcast
Channel: Ralph Lee Hopkins: Blog
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 39 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Land & Sea Photography Retreat – Dispatch from Baja California, Mexico

BAJA13_10507Brilliant Sunrise, Rancho Las Cruces, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico   Baja California Land & Sea Photography Retreat   Close your eyes and imagine the most beautiful coastline...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Hawaiian Humpbacks – Dispatch from the Hawaiian Islands

Whale Tales – Hawaiian Humpbacks   We've come to Maui to be with the whales, and for Whale Tales, an annual gathering of researchers, photographers, filmmakers, and conservationists. Like the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Exploring the Upper Amazon – Dispatch from Peru

Exploring the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Peru   In the flooded forests of the Amazon reflections are everywhere. Blackwater tributaries and oxbow lakes lead us deeper into the largest tropical...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Doors Off over Baja – Dispatch from Baja California, Mexico

BAJA13_LightHawkExp_001     Doors Off over Baja California Aerial Photo Expedtion from Land's End to San Diego   Although we landed in San Diego a week ago, I still have not come down from the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Last Paradise – Dispatch from the Galapagos Islands

  GAL13_19311   The Last Paradise – Dispatch from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   Here in the new Galapagos Airport on Baltra Island I’m reminded just how remote the Galapagos Islands really are. I’m...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Arctic Quest – Dispatch from Greenland and Baffin Island

  Arctic Quest – Dispatch from Greenland and Baffin Island   Arctic Quest, a voyage exploring the High Arctic on board the National Geographic Explorer with Lindblad Expeditions. We departed...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Autumn at Camp Denali – Dispatch from Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

http://campdenali.com/ Scrolling Slideshow – COLOR     Scrolling Slideshow – BLACK & WHITE         Autumn at Camp Denali – Dispatch from Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska   It’s like a...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

One Picture – Baja California at Sunrise

    BAJA13_10507Brilliant Sunrise, Rancho Las Cruces, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico   One Picture – Baja California at Sunrise Canon 5D MkIII, 16-35mm @ f/22, 2 seconds, SinghRay 2-stop...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

It is about the Camera! – Dispatch from Africa with the Canon EOS 1DX and...

AF13_35526Mirror Reflection, African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), Savuti Camp, Linyanti Wildlife Preserve, Botswana, Africa It is about the Camera! – Dispatch from Africa with the Canon EOS 1DX...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Iguazú Falls and the Euphoria of Falling Ions– Dispatch from Argentina

    Iguazú Falls and the Euphoria of Falling Ions – Dispatch from Argentina   We all have felt the euphoria – the feeling of well-being when walking along a beach with crashing surf, or around...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Mindful Photography – Dispatch from Miraval with National Geographic Expeditions

  Mindful Photography – Dispatch from Miraval with National Geographic Expeditions     Each year in December I travel to Tucson for a photography workshop with National Geographic Expeditions. The...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Whale Tales – Dispatch from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National...

Whale Tales Maui – Dispatch from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary   We casted off from the Mala Ramp in Lahaina just before sunrise. Clouds on the far horizon hid the full...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Remarkable Journey – Dispatch from Baja California, Mexico

    Remarkable Journey – Dispatch from Baja California, Mexico It was a month on the water like few others. From the friendly whale lagoons of Magdalena Bay, to water-level views of pilot Whales. A...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

2014 Colorado River Photo Expedition – Dispatch from Grand Canyon

    2014 Colorado River Photo Expedition – Dispatch from Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA   A river trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon is one of life's great adventures....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Kimberley Tapestries of Stone – Dispatch from Australia's Wild Northwest

  Kimberley Tapestries of  Stone  – Dispatch from Australia's Wild Northwest   Imagine a coastline with cliffs of red sandstone rising above an azure sea. A white-bellied sea eagle circles overhead...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Quest for the Northwest Passage – Dispatch from the Canadian Arctic

  Quest for the Northwest Passage – Dispatch from the Canadian Arctic   The mark of a true expedition is uncertainty. And in the Canadian High Arctic, any attempt to transit the Northwest Passage by...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Ground Zero – Doors Off Mission after Hurricane Odile 2014 – Dispatch from...

  Ground Zero – Doors Off mission after Hurricane Odile 2014 – Dispatch from Baja California   With only a few days notice, we depart Tucson on Sunday morning, September 28, 2015. The sense of urgency...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A Voyage from Bali to Fiji – Dispatch from the South Pacific

  A Voyage from Bali to Fiji – Dispatch from the South Pacific                         Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago, with over 18,000 islands stretching from Sumatra to New Guinea....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Orangutans of Wild Borneo – Dispatch from Indonesia

  Orangutans of Wild Borneo – Dispatch from Indonesia                         Seeing the red apes of Borneo swinging through the canopy brings chills even at 95 degrees and 100% humidity. The sweat...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Shackleton's Wake: 100 years Later – Dispatch from Antarctica

  Shackleton's Wake: 100 years later – Dispatch from Antarctica                     Stepping ashore holding a book of Frank Hurley's photographs from 1915-16, I see the same rock formations before me...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 39 View Live




Latest Images