My introduction ~ World Ocean adventures
Hi Steemit community!
My name is Tom. I am excited and pumped to join this community that not only shares photos but unique travel stories from around the world. I am an expedition guide, marine biologist & amateur photographer, whom has worked and travelled around the world educating & helping people to safely interact with marine mammals. I tend to focus on Cetaceans (Whales) interactions – especially, Orca/Killer Whales & Humpback whales.
I basically spend my days either on the ocean, near it or under it. I'm originally from Australia but have been calling Canada home for the past 7 years. However, I do spend some of the year working and traveling to Antarctica & Australian in between gigs on Vancouver Island! I hope you enjoy my photos as well as the stories of the encounters linked to these photos.
A photo of me leading a group of people to interact with Orca for the first time - taken by my good friend, Gordon. You can see the large male orca's fin in the background ~ to give you some perspective. that fin is roughly 6ft | 1.8m in height.
Small Type B ~ Gerlache Killer Whales in Antarctica that we encountered in the Gerlache strait that I took a few weeks ago. Its a tad hard to upload photos whilst down in Antarctica for obvious reasons.
Humpback breaching in rough conditions in the Juan De Fuca Strait.
A male Humpback displaying a territorial chin slap south of Vancouver Island - the sound this behaviour creates is astounding!
Two Bigg's (mammal eating) orca doing a double spy hop! Honestly, just simply lucky to have the camera pointing at the right place at the right time to capture this unique display of affection between two apex predators!
J27 aka Blackberry from the Southern Resident Killer Whale population chasing a salmon at the surface!
Gentoo Penguins resting on the beach in Whalers Bay on Deception Island.
A new Steemian :-) hello @ I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community ! Nice post, wish you much luck! I will follow your account. Don't hesitate to contact or follow me at any time :-) See you around
Hi Tom! Welcome to Steem! We're glad to have you here!
I am a Steem curator and have started a new series "The Daily 5" where I pick five new Steemians to share with my followers that they should know about. I have selected you as one of my five for today. Your post has been featured in my post you can find here: The Daily 5.
Unlike some of the bots and follow 4 follow spammers you will find in the Introduction tag, my work is 100% human and without any required response from you. While I invite you to come check out the post and interact in the comments, nothing further is required but that you enjoy your time here on Steem!
Have a great day! Looking forward to seeing more of you on the platform!!
This is an awesome gesture from you! Thank you in his name, I mostly just see bots in comments in introduceyourself category.
Thanks positivity! Really trying to help get some manual curation done throughout the blockchain. Tom got a pretty warm welcome without my help it looks like, but every little bit we can do to help is a good thing!
Little by little is a lot eventually you got that on point :) I'm using all of my steem and sbd to get my sp for now since I also recently started and my vote means nothing atm, as long as many people just focus on giving to community, I believe that community will give back aswell. Cheers!
Three months ago my vote was worth nothing too. Hard work and perseverance pay off! Keep at it and you will make waves in this ocean!! Have faith!
Looking forward to seeing you grow!
Thanks man you are really positive guy I followed you! :)
Welcome to the community, glad you are here and am excited to see more of your ocean adventures. Even if it is only through pictures:)
Hello and welcome! Looks like you lead an interesting life! Nice photos!
welcome to steemit! you are an amazing person and I hope to see more of your work here soon! From @jahangirbalti
Wow, what amazing photos, @thomasjmitchell! Welcome to Steemit! It looks like you're already off to a great start, with your #introduceyourself post already making almost $50 within the first 24 hours. That doesn't happen for too many people, so great job! Since you're just starting out on here, the best advice I can give you is to come check out the @MinnowSupport Project on Discord. It's a great place to meet people and make your first friends and followers on the platform, which will translate to views and upvotes on your posts. Click on the animated banner below for more information! :) I look forward to seeing you around!
Hello @thomasjmitchell I saw your intro link in the latest Centrelink post and wanted to say, "Hi" and welcome the Team Australia. What a fabulous job you have and those photos are amazing. I look forward to seeing more of these and of Vancouver Island (such a beautiful place) and Canada.
Hi and thanks for the warm welcome! I shall do my best to keep some entertaining posts coming as often as I can :D
You’re very welcome @thomasjmitchell I shall look forward to them immensely. 🌺
Waow - great photos, look forward to seeing more. Welcome :)
Welcome to steemit!
I know that steemit may seem very overwhelming to you right now but don't worry. There's a learning curve to everything so just be patient and you'll be churning out posts and becoming a part of something great in no time!
Also if there are any questions that you may have, then just ask your questions on any of my blog posts or in a reply below and I'll be more than happy to assist you with whatever questions you may have! I will also be creating a basic starting out guide for all minnows and newcomers on my blog so do give it a read as that might help answer many of your questions!
Have fun and I wish you LOADS of success on here! :)
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Welcome to Steem @thomasjmitchell I have upvoted and sent you a tip
Thanks a heap
Wow, stunning photos