ENTRY DESCRIPTION
There are areas in Japan where wild Indian ocean bottlenose dolphins live around islands.
Dolphins are very popular, but there are various rules in place to protect them, of course they are not fed.
Scuba diving and the use of sound devices and long sticks are prohibited in the area, so I film dolphins without flash while skin diving. We are only allowed to enter the sea only for two short times, morning and afternoon, for eight months, so I have been here many times over the last few years on my days off from work.
When I enter the sea, I can see their daily life and ecological behavior in their natural state.
I dive frequently, but there are many days when the sea is rough and the water is murky, making it very difficult to take pictures. It is very rare to see dolphins on a day with high transparency and beautiful sunlight, so I am very happy at such times.
Only on sunny days, the sunlight creates beautiful light patterns on the dolphins.
Also, only on calm days with no wind or waves, they will be reflected on the surface of the sea.
This summer, I was able to photograph dolphins on a miraculous day when those two conditions were met.
I carefully photographed a mother and child swimming slowly near the surface of the sea so as not to miss the ever-changing patterns and reflections of the light.
I especially think the patterns on their tails are the most beautiful, so I aimed for an angle where their tails stand out.
I felt that there was no need for color anymore, the beauty of the formative art that cannot be expressed in words.

AUTHOR
I was fascinated by the underwater world and wanted to capture that excitement, so I started photography.
In recent years, I have been interested in bottlenose dolphins and have been visiting them frequently.
Wild dolphins are very beautiful and full of curiosity, showing various ecological behaviors.
I would be happy if I could convey the various daily lives of dolphins through my photographs.

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