14.6.11

Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Location - Diamond Shoals
Image Depth - 10-12 ft.
While surveying the shoals from a canoe, what I thought was an uncovered shipwreck turned out to be some large ancient oak trees. This turtle was using them to remove barnacles from it's shell.

THE AQUATIC WORLD OF RUSSELL BLACKWOOD

THE AQUATIC WORLD OF RUSSELL BLACKWOOD
RUSSELL BLACKWOOD IS AN INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED FREEDIVING UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAS LIVED ON AND UNDER THE WATERS OF HATTERAS ISLAND FOR OVER 37 YEARS

HIS IMAGES HAVE APPEARED IN HAWAII SKINDIVER, INTERNATIONAL FREEDIVING, SURFER'S JOURNAL, SURFER, SURFING, WINDSURFER AND MANY OTHER MAGAZINES, BOOKS, AND WEBSITES

HE HAS ALSO WORKED FOR NUMEROUS FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS AS A FREEDIVING UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHER
















Image by Daniel Pullen