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Getting the look

A Great Barracuda in the waters off Hawaii

My regular swim these days, passes through the territory of the local Great Barracuda ohana. It’s quite common for them to gather in the wake of swimmers, mostly I think, in case the swimmers are spear fishing and might snag something they can steal.

Last week, this barracuda approached me from the front and gave me quite the look, but since it was no more than a foot long, I wasn’t too concerned.

A couple of days ago, I had a similar encounter with a similar-sized fish. This time the barracuda approached from dead ahead and only turned away at the last minute.

A great barracuda in the waters off Hawaii

Had either of these been one of the giants, which can be three or four feet long and much bigger around, I’d probably have been wetting myself!

The second photo is posted for Bushboy’s Last on the Card photo challenge. See more responses here.

Gecko watching

A gecko peeks out from between the boards of a lanai in Hawaii

I was trying to take photos of this gecko on the lanai at eye level, but by the time I got myself organized, it disappeared between the boards. But I waited, knowing that often times they will just wait a while and then pop up again. Sure enough, this Gold Dust Day Gecko did just that. And then we watched each other for a while, and that was the end of that!

Posted for Bushboy’s Last on the Card photo challenge. See more responses here.

Wedged in

A Wedgetail Triggerfish hide in a crevice

On my last swim, I saw this Wedgetail Triggerfish slip into this crevice in the rocks. I thought it might have disappeared, but there it was, wedged in, side on. It might have been protecting eggs laid in there or just waiting for me to move on!

This fish is also known as the Picasso Triggerfish. In Hawaiian, it’s called humuhumu-nukunuku-ā-pua-a and it’s the official state fish.

Posted for Bushboy’s Last on the Card photo challenge. See more responses here.

Another invasive species

A cell phone tower disguised as a tree in Hawaii

I went for a drive up Old Saddle Road yesterday and noticed this unusual tree. It is, of course, that now ubiquitous invasive species, the cell phone tower. At least this one had the good grace to try and blend into its surroundings, and does a decent job of it.

This ‘tree’ is located on the grounds of Camp Kilohana, the Girls Scouts Camp on the Big Island.

Posted for Bushboy’s Last on the Card photo challenge. See more responses here.

Old horse-drawn carriage

An old Horse-drawn carriage in a field off Old Saddle Road on the Big Island, Hawaii

I saw this old carriage on the way home from Hilo yesterday, parked in a grassy area of one of the ranches along Old Saddle Road. These days it’s being used as a planter it seems.

The top photo is posted for Bushboy’s Last on the Card challenge. (See more responses here.) The bottom photo is one I took a few moments earlier. I like it better because the carriage is framed better, the photo is crisper, and a few minimal photo edits give it more pop.

An old Horse-drawn carriage in a field off Old Saddle Road on the Big Island, Hawaii