Kodi Zithunzi Zitha Kusintha?

Dziko lapansi likukwera chapatali mosiyana kwambiri ndi mwezi. Chimbalangondo chinakhazikika pa ayezi woyandama. Pelican wothiridwa mafuta.

Kodi zithunzi zonsezi zikufanana bwanji? Aliyense wakhala ngati nkhope ya kayendedwe ka chilengedwe.

Vuto lalikulu lachitetezo cha panyanja? Kulephera kupeza komanso kumvetsetsa zomwe zimachitika pansi pa madzi. Kujambula zithunzi kungatikumbutse chifukwa chake tonsefe tiyenera kuyesetsa kuteteza zinthu zokongola.

Octopus imayendayenda pachilumba cha San Miguel. (c) Richard Salas

Ku The Ocean Foundation, timamvetsetsa mphamvu ya zithunzi. Tinakhazikitsidwa ndi Wolcott Henry, wojambula wa National Geographic. Henry adapanga Marine Photobank mu 2001, tsamba lawebusayiti lomwe limapereka zithunzi zapamwamba kwambiri za momwe anthu amakhudzira chilengedwe chakunyanja. Lingalirolo linabwera kuchokera kuzaka zakuwona zithunzi zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mabuku osapindulitsa omwe analibe luso lolimbikitsa kuteteza.

Ojambula aluso ndi ofunikira kufotokoza nkhani ya zomwe zikuchitika pansi komanso chifukwa chake tiyenera kuziteteza.

Ndinali ndi chisangalalo chokhala pansi ndi mnzanga, wopereka ndalama komanso wojambula pansi pamadzi, Richard Salas, sabata yathayi ku Santa Barbara.

Salas adayamba ntchito yake yojambula zithunzi pambuyo poti mphunzitsi waku sekondale adamukokera pambali ndikumuuza kuti achitepo kanthu. Chinachake chidadina, ndipo adasiya "kutaya nthawi" ndikutsata chidwi chake chojambula.

Sipanapite ku koleji pomwe adayamba kulowa pansi pamadzi, ndipo adayamba kukonda dziko lapansi.

Atamaliza koleji, adatsata kujambula kwamalonda kwazaka zopitilira 30. Moyo wake unasintha pamene mkazi wake wokondedwa Rebecca (yemwe ndinasangalala nayenso kukumana naye) adapezeka ndi khansa mu 2004. Ndi chitsogozo chake adabwereranso ku chilakolako chake chomwe chinatayika kwa nthawi yaitali - kujambula pansi pa madzi.

Richard Salas ndi mkazi wake Rebecca, amene anamuthandiza kubwerera m’madzi.

Salas tsopano yafalitsa mabuku atatu apansi pamadzi, odzaza ndi zithunzi zochititsa chidwi za dziko lathu lapansi zobisika pansi. Ndi luso lake logwiritsa ntchito kuunika, amajambula umunthu wa zolengedwa zomwe zimaoneka zachilendo kwa ife. Amagwiritsa ntchito bwino kujambula kwake kuti alumikizitse anthu ku zolengedwa izi, ndikupatsa ulemu ndi udindo pa moyo wawo wabwino.

Salas mowolowa manja amapereka 50% ya phindu la bukuli ku The Ocean Foundation. Gulani mabuku ake Pano.

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Mumakonda kujambula?

Wotsutsa wanga yemwe ndimakonda kwambiri kujambula ndi Steller Sea Lion. Ndi agalu agalu olemera mapaundi 700 omwe samakusiyani nokha. Chidwi chawo komanso kusewera kwawo ndi chisangalalo komanso chovuta kulanda pamene akukankhidwa ndikugwidwa nthawi yonseyi. Ndimakonda mawonekedwe awo ankhope ndi maso akulu ofuna kudziwa.

Mkango wosewera wa stellar umayang'ana kamera. (c) Richard Salas 

Ndi cholengedwa chokongola kwambiri chiti chomwe mwawombera?

Miyezi ya Manta ndi zina mwa nyama zokongola kwambiri zomwe ndakhala nazo mwayi wogawana nawo nyanja. Zina ndi 18 mapazi m'mimba mwake ndi mapaundi 3600. Amawuluka mosavuta Martha Graham akuvina kudutsa mlengalenga wamadzi. Nthawi zina wina wayima kuti ayang'ane m'maso mwanga ndipo zimakhala zochitika zauzimu, kukambirana kowoneka kuchokera kumtundu wina kupita kumtundu wina.

Ndi nyama iti yomwe simunayiwone yomwe mukuyembekezera kujambula pa kamera?

Sindinakhalebe ndi chinsomba cha humpback ndikuyembekezera tsiku limenelo mwachiyembekezo chachikulu ndi chisangalalo. Ndamva nyimbo zawo ndikuzimva zikunjenjemera m'thupi langa, chomwe chinali chisangalalo chenicheni kwa ine. Kukhala m'madzi ndi chimodzi mwa zimphona zokongolazi ndikuzijambula ndi loto lamoyo wonse.

Kodi mukuganiza kuti chimapanga chithunzi chabwino ndi chiyani?

Chithunzi chilichonse chomwe chimabweretsa kutengeka kwa wowonera ndi chabwino.

A Spanish shawl nudibranch, dzina lake limachokera ku kalembedwe kake ka kusambira, komwe kumakumbutsa asayansi za ma shawl am'mphepete omwe amavalidwa ndi ovina a flamenco. (c) Richard Salas 

Ngati mungakhale nyama iliyonse ya m'nyanja yomwe mungasankhe?

Ndikuganiza kuti chinsomba cha Orca chingakhale chosangalatsa kwambiri. Iwo ali okonda kwambiri mabanja ndipo ndi ambuye a nyanja. Iwonso ndi anzeru kwambiri. Kungakhale kosangalatsa kwa tonse kukhala m’podi ndi kusambira nyanja za dziko lapansi ndi banja langa ndi anzanga.

Kodi mukuwona chilichonse m'nyanjayi chomwe chimakusokonezani?

Zinyalala nthawi zonse zimandilowetsa m'mutu, ndipo nyama zokhala ndi zinyalala zimamatira m'khosi, m'miyendo, kapena zipsepse. Kuwona masamba odumphira m'madzi omwe ndimakonda kulowa pansi m'ma 70s tsopano akuwoneka opanda moyo. Kuwona shaki zakufa ndi nyama zina zogwidwa muukonde wotayidwa.

Nkhanu yamanyazi ya kamera imabisala kuseri kwa kelp. (c) Richard Salas 

Pali zoopsa zilizonse? Zoseketsa zilizonse?

Chinthu chokhacho choopsa chomwe ndakhala ndikudzipeza ndili pamtunda wa 90 pansi pa nthaka ndikusintha zida zanga ndipo mwadzidzidzi ndikugwedezeka ndi kulemera kwa thupi la wosambira wina pamene akumira mofulumira kwambiri. Tonse tinali bwino nditasiya kutsika kwake. Chondichitikira changa chinali chakuti nyama zoopsa kwambiri pansi pa madzi ndi anthu.

Chosangalatsa kwambiri ndikuwona mwana wanga akuvula zipsepse zake ndi "kuthamanga" mozungulira pamchenga pansi panyanja pang'onopang'ono. Amawoneka ngati akudumpha pamwezi, ndipo kuwona kumasuka kwake komanso chisangalalo chokhala pansi pamadzi kumandichititsa kuseka nthawi zonse.

Ndi zovuta zotani zomwe mumakumana nazo pansi pamadzi motsutsana ndi kujambula zithunzi pamtunda?

Sindingathe kupuma pansi popanda kubweretsa mpweya wanga, kotero ndimangopeza nthawi yoti ndikhale kumeneko ndipo nthawi zonse imawoneka yaifupi kwambiri. Kuwala kumatsika mwachangu pansi pamadzi, kotero ndiyenera kubweretsako kochulukirapo. Madzi amchere ndi zamagetsi zama kamera sizimasakanikirana. Kutentha m'madzi a digiri 41 nthawi zonse kumakhala kovuta, sindingathe kungovala sweatshirt. Malo omwe ndimakonda kuthawirako ali ndi michere yambiri komanso yodzaza ndi moyo, koma choyipa chake ndikuwoneka kochepa, komwe ndizovuta nthawi zonse.

Osambira amasambira pafupi ndi whale shark. (c) Richard Salas