Favorite Memories from the SB Invasion 2025 Belize

[Nuclear Eel]

Crisp focus, clear images, and true color. You got some great photos!

I found my 2 photos of your winning toadfish. Neither was anywhere near as good of a photo compared to yours. Probably because I had no clue what I was trying to photograph. Oh, well.
Congrats again

 

[gypsyjim]

I found my 2 photos of your winning toadfish. Neither was anywhere near as good of a photo compared to yours. Probably because I had no clue what I was trying to photograph. Oh, well.
Congrats again

Mine was a lucky shot. I have already admitted that!
Since I was the last diver in the group to move up, to try for a shot, the poor toadfish was not about to come out and pose, so I was not sure I could get a pic, but I tried a couple quick setting changes, and used the Sola light on low, and gave it my best try.
Luck was on my side for that shot.

 

[ROXANNE]

@Nuclear Eel , We'd live to see them as we didn't get a glimpse of that elusive critter!

 

[Nuclear Eel]

@Nuclear Eel , We'd live to see them as we didn't get a glimpse of that elusive critter!

Here you go. Not my best but if you zoom in on the hole

 

[gypsyjim]

Here you go. Not my best but if you zoom in on the hole

You got him. Crop the image a bit to shift the focus, and remove much of the distraction, and he is there!
This is a quick crop from 1 of your pics

You definitely got the toad.

 

[ROXANNE]

Love it! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Nuclear Eel]

You got him. Crop the image a bit to shift the focus, and remove much of the distraction, and he is there!
This is a quick crop from 1 of your picsView attachment 906870

You definitely got the toad.

Oh I knew that I got him, it just wasn't a very good photo of him. I have seen multiple toadfish but never a black spotted one so I wasn't really sure what I was taking a picture of. And I am only using my cell phone in a Sealife housing and no flash....like I said, not my best.

 

[gypsyjim]

Oh I knew that I got him, it just wasn't a very good photo of him. I have seen multiple toadfish but never a black spotted one so I wasn't really sure what I was taking a picture of. And I am only using my cell phone in a Sealife housing and no flash....like I said, not my best.

I hate diving with strobes. I liked your small Saelife set up.
I enjoy having a small camera that can be "stowed" in a pocket or pouch, so it is avaiable, but does not define my dive.
Diving with a strobe mounted camera determines the character of my dive as a "photo dive", and limits my options and opportunity to just enjoy the dive, unencumbered by a big rig.

 

[Nuclear Eel]

It could be a bit of a hassle to dive with until I dove with my LDS owner and saw how she had clips on both sides that could be clipped into d rings on either side of the chest strap. That made it much easier. Easy access but otherwise out of the way.

 

[StevePix]

Thank you.
Out of the water I have been an advanced amateur photographer since I was given my first camera, a Pentax K1000 film camera, when my son was born...... Underwater I'm still working on it.

I agree! Getting successful underwater images is so much more challenging than on land. If I get one or two that I am happy with from a dive trip, I consider it a success, but if I only got 2 good images from a week in Yellowstone I’d be very upset.