Michel Braunstein Underwater Photography

My well known pink dolphins picture (aka Boto or Inia Geofrensis) was published as picture of the day, on December 19th, in The Telegraph newspaper website in the UK here #dolphins #pinkdolphins #Brazil #SouthAmerica #Amazonas

I have donated my pink dolphins picture to Yaqu Pacha 2014 Calendar. It’s an NGO is based in Germany. Yaqu Pacha, directed by Dr. Lorenzo von Fersen, is organizing many project in South America to protect and preserve the local fauna.  If you help them, you will help yourself and your kids. Just order this calendar for a few Euros and it’ll help Yaqu Pacha in their vital projests. Their e-mail is info [at] yaqupacha.de #conservation #pinkdolphins #SouthAmerica

NYTimes.co​m has related in its recent article that even though Amazon’s pink dolphins are protected, they are still in danger as local fishermen see a rival in dolphins. Fishermen are slaughtering the animal in the Amazon, for catfish bait. Portugese biologist, Doctor Miguel Migueis who studies dolphin populations around the city of Santarem on the Amazon, has told that the killings could lead to their extinction: “They are killing their culture, their folklore, they are kil

11 pages photo-article on the pink dolphins in the splendid Anima Mundi Magazine, published in the Oct-Nov-Dec 2012 issue #8 Nature photographer Dafna Ben Nun has kindly accepted to participate with a series of splendid above the water pink dolphins pictures, which added a lot to the article. See also the complete pink dolphins image gallery #AnimaMundiMagazine #botos #Brazil #pinkdolphins

Pink dolphins article in Israeli news website Ynet – Oct. 2011 #pinkdolphins #Ynet

This picture of pink dolphins (aka boto or Inia Geofrensis) shot in the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, was published as wallpaper to download in the National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 website Link to NatGeo page #dolphins #NationalGeographic #pinkdolphins

Pink dolphins article in Underwater Photography Magazine #58 www.uwpmag.com – Jan-Feb 2011 #pinkdolphins #UWPMAG

December 2010: 2 of my pictures (manta ray and pink dolphin) have been published in Naoko Funakoshi’s “Wonderful Water Planet” images book. The book has been conceived to teach children about the sea and has gathered 100 underwater photographers from all over the world. By buying books, supporters helped Room to read children to get more issues. #mantaray #NaokoFunakoshi #pinkdolphins

Pink dolphins 6 pages photo-article in XRay Magazine #38 – October 2010 #pinkdolphins #Xray

This picture of manta rays swimming over a reef with anemone, in Male Atol, Maldives, was chosen as picture of the day in National Geographic “Your Shot” and was published on Jul 16th, 2010 Link to NatGeo page In the image below, together with the picture of the day (featuring above), three other pictures were selected for the National Geo “Your Shot” daily dozen. The DD images feature: Nemo33, the pink dolphins and underwater models photography scenery. Here’s the link to Na

6 pages pink dolphins article in the Canadian Diver Magazine – June 2010 #DiverMagazine #pinkdolphins

The pink dolphins picture has been published in the Israeli edition of the National Geographic magazine – May 2010 #NationalGeographic #pinkdolphins

Pink dolphins 6 pages article in the first edition of French Plongeur.com Magazine – Feb-Mar-Apr 2010 #Français #French #pinkdolphins #Plongeurcom

See also Pink Dolphins photo gallery, Pink Dolphins photo-articles part1, Meeting the Pink Dolphins photo-articles part2 #Amazonas #botos #Brazil #pinkdolphins

Pink dolphins (aka botos or inia geofrensis), black caiman and piranhas photographed underwater the Rio Nego, Amazonas. See also Pink Dolphins photo-articles part1, Meeting the Pink Dolphins photo-articles part2, Amazonas above the water photo gallery #Amazonas #botos #Brazil #pinkdolphins

The Rio Negro’s Amazons July 2009 The source of the Rio Negro (Black River) in Colombia, continuing its journey to Brazil, through the rich Amazonian forest. Here it converges with the Rio Solimões to form the Amazon. From afar, the Rio Negro appears to be black but from a closer look, it is actually dark brown. This dark color is due to the humic acid which forms due to the incomplete decomposition of the phenol contained in the vegetation of the sandy clearings. Both rivers

July 2009 At dawn, as we are leaving the Ariau lodge situated at 60 km from Manaus, the mist is rising over the coffee-colored waters of the Rio Negro. We navigate into the bay by canoe to watch the sunrise. It’s not clear yet, the haze suggests cloudy skies. Suddenly, we hear shrilling sounds nearby that are intensifying and will not cease. The botos are there, passing by us. It’s the first time we encounter them. They are in the middle of hunting. We see them sticking out t