Voting time!
My WILD Calendar is aimed at creating awareness and positive action for the mysterious and fragile life hidden in our cold, dark, northeast Pacific Ocean.
I learn, a great deal from your input and, every year, I ask people to vote on which images they feel should be in the calendar. It helps me and is meant to be enjoyable for you. 💙
To vote, select up to 13 of your favourites from the choice of photos below by May 12th. If you prefer, you can vote via my Facebook page at this link.
There are 36 images in the selection below. That's a lot! They are largely the result of people flagging on social media which one of my photos they want included in the voting for the calendar.
Your votes will count very heavily in determining which images will be included in the calendar. But, I will also have to reflect on the diversity so that there is balanced colour and species representation to "speak" for the beauty of this coast i.e. it can't be all marine mammals, kelp, fish, or nudibranchs! There should also be at least one photo of a Humpback Whale (considering I have the privilege of studying them).
Feel free to indicate in the comments if there is a photo you would like to see on the front cover or back cover. Note that the back cover image will ONLY be on the back cover.
All photos are from northeast Vancouver Island, taken in the traditional territories of the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw (the Kwak̕wala-speaking Peoples) by yours truly, Jackie Hildering, The Marine Detective.
You can select up to 13 of your favourites by May 11th.