Hiding under a rock

[Whitetip]

It's the kind of thing you're not prepared for .

Certainly not in twelve metres and certainly not in heavily navigated and dived site .

This specimen , had me very perplexed from the first , mostly because the first thing I saw was its tail coming out of one hole and later found the head at the other end .

The shot was impromptu and given the amount of exciteent I'm surprised it came out as well as it did .

Thanks C5050z , this camera can make us all look like pros .

 

[DORSETBOY]

Great photo! where was this taken?

 

[Phish-phood]

Wow cool photo!!

really shows up the lovely steely blue sheen of the eel!! We saw loads of them on wrecks in Cornwall over the summer, unfortunately didn't have a camera with us so couldn't take any pics but some of them were huge!

 

[ygthad]

Great picture.. !!!!

 

[Cudabait]

Great photo!!

 

[Mike Newman]

Cool picture - lovely color balance - and as a fellow C5050 owner I recognise that there's more to it than just trusting a superb camera.

Kudos to a great photographer - you have to be ready and well set up to snatch the chance pics

 

[Mike Newman]

Whitetip - it's not the equal of your shot - but you and others may be interested to see this one taken off Key Largo earlier this month.

He was a fairly big guy!

I too am using an Olympus C-5050 in a PT-015 housing.

 

[Mike Newman]

I'm a little prouder of this shot of a Southern Stingray - caught rising off the bottom and making stately progress out of the area.

 

[DDAFG]

Mike:
I suspect you and Mike Hill are diving buddies. Mike H sent me the photo of that Manta Ray taken in the keys if I remember. I was just in St Croix (work related) and managed to sneak in a half day of diving. I ran into a green eel on a sandy bottom, away from any protection (for the eel). The eel was good size, about 8Ft long in 90 Ft SW. Quite a sight. No camera however.
I am looking for a cheap housing for a digital camera in case you are into that scene.
Thanks

 

[Whitetip]

Great , certainly looks like eels are a great favourite here . And why not , they are some of the most common species encountered by divers .

DorsetBoy , that particular shot was taken in the Algarve this June , and it was not the only one . Marbled or Brown Morays also inhabit this particular site , along with some of the biggest congers I've ever set my eyes on .

This specimen was at least 6 foot and has been known to occupy its territory for at least the last 5 years or so . He's quite friendly too , and will usually come out and say hello if you wave a sardine in his face .

Roll on the warm weather