Photos from a week at AKR

[ryssyr]

I posted some photos from a week at AKR here.


It was a great week of diving. Good vis, warm water and a nice dive operation there. The photos are from a small point and shoot so the quality is not the best, but you can get the idea. Hope you all get there sometime!

-Robin

 

[Doc]

You have the eye of an artist.... not just a camera handler. Nice stuff.

 

[vtminter]

Nice pictures. What camera did you use?

 

[ryssyr]

Thanks for the kind words Doc. VT, I used a point and shoot sea and sea DX860G. the focus is really slow on the thing and its hard to take a shot that doesnt come out blurry with it. I have a digital SLR that i'm thinking of getting a housing for.

 

[jaelsa]

robin: thanks for the great photos. Really gives me good idea of the individual sites (from other then a guide book)! where'd you dive with the sharks?

 

[diver918]

those are some great pics...thanks for sharing..

 

[ryssyr]

The shark dive was done on the southwest side. It was booked through Anthonys key and was an extra 100 bucks. I was really skeptical at first and during the pre-dive briefing it looked like the chum bucket was going to be 20-30 feet away from us. Once we went down the anchor line and got seated i noticed the bucket about 2-3 feet in front of me. The sharks were very up close and personal. They seemed really calm, and it was worth the extra for the experience.

One warning: The current is strong there and the surface waves are 4-5ft min. The boat is rocking out there and you have to do a single file anchor line descent. Its also single file back from the buoy line safety stop. I would bring a pair of gloves to hang onto the line with so you dont tear up your hands on a whipping line on ascent or stops.

 

[DivingPanda]

Hey Robin!

How cool to run across photos of myself and Mrs. DivingPanda with her ScubaDoo-Rag on the Odyssey! And I'm glad you got a shot of the PigFish!

Will email you!