TITLE: Schooling Fish

While SCUBA diving in the kelp forests of California's Pacific Coast, I encountered a large mass of bait fish called a bait ball. As I swam through this bio-mass the fish would break into living rivers, separating and joining as they moved through the kelp forest.

AUTHOR: Peter Hergesheimer (United States)

My imagination was captured by photography and astronomy at an early age when I got my first telescope and borrowed my grandfather's SLR. Soon after, I setup a darkroom in my bedroom and was loading my own film cartridges. My profession went in another direction with degrees in Electrical Engineering and a career in wireless technologies.

Through much of my life, I have melded photography with many of my other interests: astronomy, SCUBA diving, backpacking and travel. I love the beauty and imagery of the natural world and enjoy capturing it and sharing it with others.