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Grand Canyon

That moment of transitioning back to cold, ice and what lays below. #ice #underwater #nature 📷#petemcbride

Chasing Childhood - I am always steps behind but I do enjoy the journey. Photography helps me appreciate it more especially if I remember to put the camera down and take the mental images too. #joy #play #bubbles #light #happyweekend 📷 #petemcbride

Finding Flow and perspective in the surf and sea. 1. #fineart #blur 2. 🙏🏽 @heiner_castillo___m for catching in my happy place. 3. Last wave. #ocean #surf

When planning and patience align with serendipity. For two days I listened to the Scarlett macaws and noted the trees they frequented but never timed their landing. Then 5 minutes before I left, I heard their squawks and snapped these synchronized landings at dawn. These strikingly colorful flyers stay with one partner for life and fly in tandem and can live up to 50 years in the wild. There are estimated to be less than 50,000 left in the wild. #costarica #parrots #wildlife #Corvocado #birds #conservation #nature #sonyalpha 📸 #petemcbride

I’ve had the pleasure to work and learn from photographers like Chris Johns @ngmjohns over the years. Tomorrow you can listen and learn from this inspiring photographer & former editor in chief of @natgeo when @thephotosociety gives him a lifetime achievement award. 12 pm ET. Check @thephotosociety for more info. #photography #Africa #chrisjohns #gratitude #learning #kalaharidesert

Giving Back - thx to you! During the holidays, I held a print sale to help raise some proceeds for @grandcanyontrust. Thanks to your support, we were able to raise $1500 to continue conservation initiatives and elevate native voices in this stunning open-air cathedral. Here's to caring for the places that cradle biodiversity —- and our souls. #grandcanyon #publiclands #nature #conservation #humbled #gratitude 📷 #petemcbride

Orcas have been recorded making up to 24 different sounds from whistles, echolocation clicks, pops and more. But what is so amazing, is that each orca pod or family, makes totally unique sounds amongst themselves. From one of my essays in my book “Seeing Silence” about getting “pulsed” by an orca.

"The quiet power of sonar never crossed my mind until it reverberated deep inside my chest – like the bass of a heavily amplified rock concert – but stronger. The sensation was so weirdly moving I hooted through my snorkel, because when a wild, eight-ton orca swims directly at you and pings you with his best communication device, trying to identify who and what the hell is swimming in the Artic waters where he hunts, you realize you are in a completely other world of natural sound.”

Before we slid into the sea, Jacques de Vos @jdvos_com played me a hydrophone recording he captured of the soundscape we were about to enter. Clicks, high pitch whistles and zipper-like sounds, used by orcas for close distance chatting, are heard throughout. And amazingly, no songs sound alike. Each orca pod, uses its own distinct language of notes and tones, much like how we create our own lingo between loved ones.

I thought of sound ecologist Bernie Straus, who once said, “If a picture is worth a 1000 words, then a soundscape is worth 1000 pictures.” These audio recordings, however, left me speechless.

#SeeingSilence #nature #orca #sound #underwater #marinelife #conservation #wildlife 📸 #petemcbride

Another lap around the sun for this “high mileage” body 😉. I’m looking forward to more laughs and adventures in the wilds as I try to remind us that such places are than just names of cars and operating systems (Rio, Sierra, Sequoia, Denali Yosemite, Forrester, etc). #ageismental #conservation #nature #capricorn

Hugging in 2022! To lots of light ahead. #happy2022 #light #fireworks #snow

Here’s to another wild lap around the sun — and a little reverence for this stunning, spherical ship we all share. Thanks to all of you for following my journey. Here is to the magic of silence, the noise of love, and good health in 2022. Wishing us all some perseverance, humility, patience, and hope for a new year to protect our home and get us through "junior year" of this pandemic and everything else.

Thanks to all below for working with me on stories about wild places, life, joy, conservation, humanity, drought, adventure and more.
@natgeo @smithsonianmagazine @sonyalpha @americanrivers @grandcanyontrust @bankofthewest @lennecefer @vitalimpacts @rizzolibooksusa

#happynewyear #2022 #SeeingSilence #nature #mom #dance #family

Layers of Life: To all the complexities and marvels of nature - tiny to towering- and those that teach us about it. R.I.P. E.O. Wilson - the 2-time- Pulitzer Prize winner & lover of bugs. Thanks for teaching us about ants and so much more. Happy holidays from my COVID isolation holiday hideout (caught it, but fine) - stay safe. #nature #evolution #small #humility 📷 #petemcbride #seeingsilence … “As an expert on insects, Dr. Wilson studied the evolution of behavior, exploring how natural selection and other forces could produce something as extraordinarily complex as an ant colony. He then championed this kind of research as a way of making sense of all behavior — including our own.” - @nytimes @eowilson

Merry Christmas all. I hope you enjoyed with loved ones and found the fun in dysfunction when needed - and cherished some magic silence outside in #nature and the noise of #love somewhere. #merrychristmas #peace

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays all. May you find some peace this season — away from the pandemic — and some ❄️❄️❄️
A few favs from some frosty mountains over the years. #merrychristmas #snow #mountains #trees #nature

For those in the northern hemisphere — we will start getting closer to our old friend Sun, el Sol. I am in awe that scientists just flew the Parker Solar Probe through the upper atmosphere or corona of the sun — that outer glowing ray of our closest star that an eclipse allowed us to see a few years ago. Next month, the days will gradually get longer each day from one minute to two + where I live in Colorado. #happysolstice #sun #light #eclipse #nature #science #corona #stars
#sonyalpha 📸 by #petemcbride

I'm honored to be part of the @vital.impacts sale featuring so many incredible photographers, and for a short time, my Iceland image (photo 1) is part of a flash sale alongside prints from @andy_mann and @davidliittschwager. Pick up a gift for yourself or a loved one for just $100 this week only, and support conservation initiatives at the same time — a win-win.⁣
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Check vitalimpacts.org or the link in my bio for all the available prints to purchase.⁣
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📸: 1. Braided River @pedromcbride 2. Shooting Star @jenwuphoto 3. Grand Prismatic @ronan_donovan 4. Whales @shawnheinrichs 5. Rhinos @shannon__wild 6. Fireflies @timflachphotography 7. Jaguars @stevewinterphoto 8. Penguins @thomasvijayan⁣
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#nature #vitalimpacts #conservation #fineart #fineartphotography #wildlifephotography #iceland⁣

Anyone else like clear, cold winter nights. To the magic of the night sky. Happy winter solstice. #seeingSilence #nature #deeptime #fineart 📷 #petemcbride

The sounds that surprise: I’m excited to talk about the world of silence and natural sounds -- like how penguins identify their partners and chicks -- this Sunday with @acesaspen at the @wheeleropera. Join us if in Colorado. From my new book #seeingsilence which will be back in stock soon. #kingpenguins #nature #patterns #tuxedo #sonyalpha

The melodies of Mariachi are crying: Vicente Fernandez, “El Rey” the King of Mariachi moved on this week. I’ve always loved his music and tracking his legacy during many assignments working in Mexico for @natgeo and others — chasing light and my own family lore.

His son Alejandro Fernández complied with a wish that his father had; that everyone would sing his greatest song at his funeral, the one that catapulted him to fame and gave him footing as Mexico’s greatest charro. He sang 'Volver, Volver’.

#travel #vivalamusica #mariachi #mexico #light 📷 #petemcbride

After thousands of sweat-earned miles and years in the making, I’m honored @smithsonian just listed my book “Seeing Silence” as one of the top 10 photo books of 2021. A profound thanks to all of you who supported this ‘call to stillness' which has nearly sold out but a second printing with #rizzoli is coming. Check your local bookstore or online where books are sold, if interested. For those in Colorado next Sunday, I’ll be giving a talk about it all with a book signing at the @wheeleropera & @acesaspen @grandcanyontrust

"McBride has given us a gift with this work, by showing us how much the natural world has to offer, if only we will slow down and listen." — Smithsonian Magazine

#grateful #SeeingSilence #Quiet #nature #conservation #calm 📸 #petemcbride

A few favorites from a place where your ego is not your amigo and the waves always win. What are your favs? Prints available via website in bio link. #surfing #surf #underwater #waves #pacific #ocean #humility #alwayslearning #learningcurveislong #naturephotography 📷 #petemcbride

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