AUTiger
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I'm finally processing/uploading the pics from last month's trip to Playa del Carmen and Cozumel. In PDC, we dove Chac Mool/Kukulkan and Dos Ojos.
I'll have to check my notes, but I think that this is Kukulkan.
This photos shows the halocline (interface of fresh water and salt water). The fresh water sits on top of the salt water, like water over oil. The interface between the two is noticeable, but subtle. When a diver swims through the interface zones, their fins kick up turbulance, mixing the two waters, making a very blurry zone. You'll think that your eyes are going crazy since everything is blurry and you can't focus. It really tricks the camera. In this photos, there are areas that are in and out of focus. For better visibility, we swam in a "v" formation like geese, so each diver's head was outside of the water stirred up by the diver in front of them.
In one room at Dos Ojos, there is a dome with air above the water. A long time ago, a tree root grew down from the top of the cave until it touched the water. It eventually grew into a trunk with a root ball just below the water surface.
Heading down into the cenote
The termination of the "Barbie Line" at Dos Ojos
The entrance
A random cenote picture
I was shooting my D80 in an Ikelite housing, Tokina 12-24 lens in an 8" dome, and dual DS-125s. This was my first time in such an environment, so I had a bit of learning to do with the camera. I used the modeling lights on the 125s and took a few test shots to confirm that the picture show whatever the modeling lights were illuminating. After that, I didn't have to look through the viewfinder. Just point the modeling lights at something and pull the trigger. It worked very well.
David
I'll have to check my notes, but I think that this is Kukulkan.
This photos shows the halocline (interface of fresh water and salt water). The fresh water sits on top of the salt water, like water over oil. The interface between the two is noticeable, but subtle. When a diver swims through the interface zones, their fins kick up turbulance, mixing the two waters, making a very blurry zone. You'll think that your eyes are going crazy since everything is blurry and you can't focus. It really tricks the camera. In this photos, there are areas that are in and out of focus. For better visibility, we swam in a "v" formation like geese, so each diver's head was outside of the water stirred up by the diver in front of them.
In one room at Dos Ojos, there is a dome with air above the water. A long time ago, a tree root grew down from the top of the cave until it touched the water. It eventually grew into a trunk with a root ball just below the water surface.
Heading down into the cenote
The termination of the "Barbie Line" at Dos Ojos
The entrance
A random cenote picture
I was shooting my D80 in an Ikelite housing, Tokina 12-24 lens in an 8" dome, and dual DS-125s. This was my first time in such an environment, so I had a bit of learning to do with the camera. I used the modeling lights on the 125s and took a few test shots to confirm that the picture show whatever the modeling lights were illuminating. After that, I didn't have to look through the viewfinder. Just point the modeling lights at something and pull the trigger. It worked very well.
David
