Some additional Macros.
One of the really neat things you see when diving a reef for several days in a row is you see the same fish (better, same species of fish) at different life stages.
I've included two here: The Spotted Drum and the Smooth Trunkfish. Their juvi stage is way different from their teen stage which is way different from their adult stage.
Also below is some wacky thing I kept seeing - its like glass beads on some coral. I saw this a number of times. Its hard, its shiny and its a mystery to me. Any ideas?
Enjoy!
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Ken
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New born Spotted Drum - this little guy was about 3/4 of an inch long. Ridiculously small - darting all around. Very tough to shoot with a 105mm lens.
Juvi Spotted Drum - We saw several of these on the trip. These guys just don't stop moving. Some people say they are in constant motion because is they stop their huge dorsal fin will drop and they won't be able to move again!
Adult Spotted Drum - I was unable to get the entire guy in frame. He was about 10" or 11" long. Like puppies, they are cute and mental when young and soon grow up to be less cute and a little more mellow.
Juvi Smooth Trunkfish - here's another one. This one is much closer to a BB than a pea, and he was just a blur - bouncing off of everything.
Teen Smooth Trunkfish - already developing the flat bottom and silly wide sides that make this fish a crowd pleaser.
Adult Smooth Trunkfish - colors are set in, the familiar honeycomb pattern has developed and it looks like the rest of the grown ups.
Juvi Filefish - I saw and shot several of the iconic versions of this guy, hanging head-down in the fuzz. I like this shot because this one was sleeping at night. Even his eye is relaxed!
THE Bonaire Nudi - this is the Lettuce Slug. It was day three before I saw one, and then all of a sudden they were all over the place. They come iun several color variants, but this is my fav - the white and blue and green.
Garden Eels in the current - one of our dives at White Slave had just ripping current. I mean scary current. We had scooters so we made very slow progress south, then just sailed back. I shot this as we sailed by. Look at the blowing coral in the back ground! I put this here so you can see how these guys congregate. I need to weigh the cam down and put it on a slow timer and swim away. I think that's the only way I'll be able to get decent shots of these guys.
WHAT ARE THESE THINGS???
Glass Bubbles - I saw several of these wacky glass bobbles on coral. They are hard (DIR Knife says "clink clink clink"), chrome shiny and sometimes grow into one large glass ball or sometimes several. Anyone with any ideas, please let me know!
Green thingy - is this an anemone? I only saw three of these, one on a very cool wall and the others jammed amongst other reef stuff. The color is surreal - the only green thing on the reef. Its a deep bowl ranging from 4" to about 7" across. Any ideas?
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************* Bonaire Dashboard *************
There will be 5 parts to the Bonaire pics:
1. Dry Stuff - just shots Jaye and I took on our dry time
2. Dry Stuff - shots of me getting the shots
3. Dry Stuff - Buddy's resort
4. The Macros - the small stuff (there is also a Bonus Macros (call it 4-A) set)
5. The Wides - the big stuff
Bold = You are here. Links to the others as I put them up.
Kenny's Bonaire Blog is here: Linky
Full gallery of Bonaire Pics is here: Bonaire, Baby!
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One of the really neat things you see when diving a reef for several days in a row is you see the same fish (better, same species of fish) at different life stages.
I've included two here: The Spotted Drum and the Smooth Trunkfish. Their juvi stage is way different from their teen stage which is way different from their adult stage.
Also below is some wacky thing I kept seeing - its like glass beads on some coral. I saw this a number of times. Its hard, its shiny and its a mystery to me. Any ideas?
Enjoy!
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Ken
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New born Spotted Drum - this little guy was about 3/4 of an inch long. Ridiculously small - darting all around. Very tough to shoot with a 105mm lens.
Juvi Spotted Drum - We saw several of these on the trip. These guys just don't stop moving. Some people say they are in constant motion because is they stop their huge dorsal fin will drop and they won't be able to move again!
Adult Spotted Drum - I was unable to get the entire guy in frame. He was about 10" or 11" long. Like puppies, they are cute and mental when young and soon grow up to be less cute and a little more mellow.
Juvi Smooth Trunkfish - here's another one. This one is much closer to a BB than a pea, and he was just a blur - bouncing off of everything.
Teen Smooth Trunkfish - already developing the flat bottom and silly wide sides that make this fish a crowd pleaser.
Adult Smooth Trunkfish - colors are set in, the familiar honeycomb pattern has developed and it looks like the rest of the grown ups.
Juvi Filefish - I saw and shot several of the iconic versions of this guy, hanging head-down in the fuzz. I like this shot because this one was sleeping at night. Even his eye is relaxed!
THE Bonaire Nudi - this is the Lettuce Slug. It was day three before I saw one, and then all of a sudden they were all over the place. They come iun several color variants, but this is my fav - the white and blue and green.
Garden Eels in the current - one of our dives at White Slave had just ripping current. I mean scary current. We had scooters so we made very slow progress south, then just sailed back. I shot this as we sailed by. Look at the blowing coral in the back ground! I put this here so you can see how these guys congregate. I need to weigh the cam down and put it on a slow timer and swim away. I think that's the only way I'll be able to get decent shots of these guys.
WHAT ARE THESE THINGS???
Glass Bubbles - I saw several of these wacky glass bobbles on coral. They are hard (DIR Knife says "clink clink clink"), chrome shiny and sometimes grow into one large glass ball or sometimes several. Anyone with any ideas, please let me know!
Green thingy - is this an anemone? I only saw three of these, one on a very cool wall and the others jammed amongst other reef stuff. The color is surreal - the only green thing on the reef. Its a deep bowl ranging from 4" to about 7" across. Any ideas?
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.
.
.
.
.
************* Bonaire Dashboard *************
There will be 5 parts to the Bonaire pics:
1. Dry Stuff - just shots Jaye and I took on our dry time
2. Dry Stuff - shots of me getting the shots
3. Dry Stuff - Buddy's resort
4. The Macros - the small stuff (there is also a Bonus Macros (call it 4-A) set)
5. The Wides - the big stuff
Bold = You are here. Links to the others as I put them up.
Kenny's Bonaire Blog is here: Linky
Full gallery of Bonaire Pics is here: Bonaire, Baby!
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