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An Underwater Photographers Guide To British Columbia

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onJune 1, 2018June 13, 2018 Comments are off 499 Views

DivePhotoGuide.com asked me if I would write for them “An Underwater Photographers Guide to British Columbia.” The story was published today and the editor, Ian Bongso-Seldrup, kindly said, “It really is a fabulously well written and detailed piece, which I’m sure readers will find fascinating — and inspiring.” Dive Photo Guide Magazine DivePhotoGuide.com is a...

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Victoria’s White Heather Tea Room

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onMay 31, 2018April 30, 2019 Comments are off 3420 Views

We were both feeling hell bent on discovering a new tea room during a day trip visit to Victoria, British Columbia. Kathryn and I take our tea seriously and thus were seeking something a little different than the notable Afternoon Tea service that the illustrious Empress Hotel routinely provides. We love the Empress, but...

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Despite their name, Humpback whales do not normall Despite their name, Humpback whales do not normally have a hump on their back. Their name derives from the large hump that forms when they arch their back before they make a deep dive into the ocean. Their scientific name, Megaptera novaeangliae, translates as "big-winged New Englander" a reference to the humpback whale population which swam off the coast of New England back in the 17th century. 🐋  #humpbackwhale #whales #whalesofinstagram @tahititourisme @mooreaoceanadventures #undersea #underwater #travel #underwaterphotography #snorkeling #uwphotography #underwaterphoto #underwaterlife #marinelife #nikon  @aquaticadigital @nikoncanada #Unterwasser @bigbluedivelights #aquatica @cangeotravel @rcgs_sgrc @the_explorers_club #scuba #scubadiving #explore #jettbritnell @theoceanagency  @paditravel #explorerscanada  #divewild #nikon_canada @duiken_magazine #aquaticadigital @mobbys_  #mobbys @thescubanews
“We dream in colors borrowed from the sea.” – Unknown.  #travel #Greece #chalkidikigreece #traveltheworld #travelphotography @visitgreecegr #sea @mobbys_jp
Today, February 18th, is World Whale Day! 🐋 Do Today, February 18th, is World Whale Day! 🐋  Don’t kill the whale! 🙏  #humpbackwhale #whales #whalesofinstagram @tahititourisme @mooreaoceanadventures #undersea #underwater #Unterwasser #travel #underwaterphotography #snorkeling #uwphotography #underwaterphoto #underwaterlife #marinelife #nikon  @aquaticadigital @nikoncanada #humpbackwhale #whales #whalesofinstagram @mooreaoceanadventures #undersea #underwater #Unterwasser @bigbluedivelights #aquatica @cangeotravel @rcgs_sgrc @the_explorers_club #scuba #scubadiving #photography #wildlifephotography #explore #jettbritnell @theoceanagency #nature @paditravel #explorerscanada  #divewild #nikon_canada #aquaticadigital @mobbys_  #mobbys
Three things you cannot recover in life: The word Three things you cannot recover in life:
The word after it’s said.
The moment after it’s missed.
And the time... after it’s gone.
So... consider your words, live each moment, and don't let time slide through your hands.  #time #bigben #bigbenlondon  @visitengland @unitedkingdomtourism @visitlondon #travel #traveltheworld #travelphotography
One of my magazine cover shots from Feb 2012. This One of my magazine cover shots from Feb 2012. This photo was made during a night dive at Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver. When we came across this octopus it lifted off the seafloor, squirted some ink, and then settled on the divers facemask. A 60mm macro lens captured the moment for posterity. This issue also ran our story about Giant Pacific Octopus.  #octopus  #underwaterphotography @octonation #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
Decorated warbonnet fish from British Columbia. Decorated warbonnet fish from British Columbia.  #decoratedwarbonnet #fish #fishofinstagram #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys @thescubanews
Lembeh Strait? Anilao? Puerto Galeria? Nope, Briti Lembeh Strait? Anilao? Puerto Galeria? Nope, British Columbia where cold water nudibranchs are no less exotic-looking than their riotously-coloured tropical counterparts.  #opalescentnudibranch #nudibranchs #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys @thescubanews
"I'll love you dear, I'll love you till China and "I'll love you dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet, and the river jumps over the mountain, and the salmon sing in the street." ~ W.H. Auden  #whauden #sockeyesalmon #sockeyesalmonrun #adamsriver #salmon @watershedwatchbc 
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Messin’ with the kid! #undersea #underwater #sh Messin’ with the kid!  #undersea #underwater #shark @visitthebahamas #shark #sharkdiver #underwaterphotography #bahamas #underwaterphoto #tigersharks  #underwaterlife #aquatica #scuba #nikon  @aquaticadigital @nikoncanada #explorerscanada #scubadiving #explore #jettbritnell @mission_blue #saveouroceans #saveourseas  @rcgs_sgrc @the_explorers_club  @theoceanagency #explorerscanada #sea #dive #diver #sharks #shark @mobbys_ @#mobbys @bigbluedivelights #under@duiken_magazine @epicdiving
Our latest Third Age Expeditions column called... Our latest Third Age Expeditions column called... "Liquid Rush!: Beneath British Columbia’s Nakwakto Rapids" has just been published in Luxe Beat Magazine. This article has also earned us another "Editors Picks." 🥂  "In recent times, the Guinness Book of World Records once listed Nakwakto Rapids as having “the fastest navigable tidal currents in the world!” – up to 39 kilometers per hour during its largest tidal exchanges! A notorious title Nakwakto Rapids can no longer lay claim to as in recent years the turbulent currents at British Columbia’s Sechelt Rapids were measured as being a tad faster."  #nakwaktorapids #nakwakto  #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
"I'd ask my friends to come and see. An octopus' g "I'd ask my friends to come and see. An octopus' garden with me!  #octopus  #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
When diving with Steller sea lions in British Colu When diving with Steller sea lions in British Columbia, the sea lions decide how close they will get @eiko_jones_ needed to wrap his strobe arms to prevent the sea lions from pulling on his strobe's optical cables.  #sealions #stellersealions #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
“Happy Burns Night!” “May hope and purpose “Happy Burns Night!”  “May hope and purpose continue to guide us all into the light... and never towards the darkness. A grace cup before the door. Goodnight, dear friends, and a loving cup to those who all came and went before.” ❤️  #robbieburnsday #robbieburnsnight #robbieburns #robbieburnspoetry #scotchwhiskey #lagavulin  @lagavulinwhisky #whiskey #whiskylover #whiskeygram #scotch
About a 20 minute drive from stately Britnell Mano About a 20 minute drive from stately Britnell Manor,  Minnekhada Regional Park is a natural park situated in northeast Coquitlam, British Columbia, alongside Pitt-Addington Marsh and the Pitt River. It is over 200 hectares in size, and features trails, rock knolls, abundant trees, birds and other wildlife. At the centre of the park is the main marsh area, divided into upper and lower sections, divided by a dike and small footbridge. Anyway, a beautiful sunny day for a leisurely stroll.. and also cold day given the thin layer of ice on the water. Well, a balmy 3 degrees Celsius.  @minnekhadapark @yourbcparks @hellobc #coquitlam #coquitlambc #minnekhada #minnekhadaregionalpark #leisurlystroll #dogwalk #dogwalks #dogwalksofinstagram #beautifulday #travel
A great preservative against angry and mutinous th A great preservative against angry and mutinous thoughts, and all impatience and quarreling, is to have some great business and interest in your mind, which, like a sponge shall suck up your attention and keep you from brooding over what displeases you. ~ Joseph Rickaby.  Or.... one could just photograph a giant barrel sponge. 👀  #barrelsponge #sponge #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @cangeo @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada  @the_explorers_club @scubaverse_media @luxebeatmagazine #explorer #mobbys #exploreroftheseas @mobbys_jp @duiken_magazine #underwaterpics @visit.philippines #philippines
In today's installment of the continuing Adventure In today's installment of the continuing Adventures of Zorro... a beautiful sunny day here as our Land Shark pauses momentarily on the Poco Trail to gaze out upon the Pitt River, a large tributary of the mighty Fraser River.  An archaeological dig in 1978 conducted near the mouth of the Pitt River attested to 4,000 years of First Nations occupation. COQUITLAM is a Halkomelem First Nations word meaning "small red salmon," after the abundant fish in the Coquitlam River.  #puppy #gsdpuppy #gsdpuppylove  #gsdofinstagram #gsdpuppyofinstagram
“Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they “Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, “Did you bring joy?” The second was, “Did you find joy?”  Find your JOY... and bring JOY to others! ❤️  #joy #Egyptian #wisdom
Manacled sculpin on bull kelp during a night dive Manacled sculpin on bull kelp during a night dive in British Columbia's Emerald Sea.  #manacledsculpin #sculpin #fish #underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
"A nudibranch that walks on water?" Clown nudibran "A nudibranch that walks on water?" Clown nudibranchs are able to walk, or crawl, on the underside of the water's surface. Amazing, right? It does this by spinning a path of slime which keeps it suspended just below the surface of the water. This feat has nothing to do with a well-known biblical miracle, but it is a skill more often observed in tidepools because "walking on water" is easier than 
navigating over and around all the obstacles on the tidepool floor. Gently  touch a Clown nudibranch who is water walking, and it will sink unceremoniously to the bottom of the tidepool.  #clownnudibranch #nudibranchs #seaslugs #hermitcrab underwaterphotography #scuba #scubadiving #underwaterimages #underwaterphoto @rcgs_sgrc @cangeo @cangeotravel @hakaimag @toqueandcanoe @theoceanagency #underwaterphotographer @rcgs_sgrc #writer @nikoncanada @aquaticadigital #explorerscanada #marinelife @the_explorers_club @luxebeatmagazine @hellobc #britishcolumbia #explorer #exploreroftheseas @cangeoedu  @paditravel #travel @mobbys_jp @vancouverislandnorth #aquaticadigital @duiken_magazine #mobbys
In some situations, size does indeed matter! #un In some situations, size does indeed matter!  #undersea #underwater #shark @visitthebahamas #shark #sharkdiver #underwaterphotography #bahamas #underwaterphoto #tigersharks  #underwaterlife #aquatica #scuba #nikon  @aquaticadigital @nikoncanada #explorerscanada #scubadiving #explore #jettbritnell @mission_blue #saveouroceans #saveourseas  @rcgs_sgrc @the_explorers_club  @theoceanagency #explorerscanada #sea #dive #diver #sharks #shark @mobbys_ @#mobbys @bigbluedivelights #under@duiken_magazine @epicdiving
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