pics from Coz ...

[Nevis Diver]

Thanks for taking the time to put those up. They really are beautiful. I want to go back.

 

[Christi]

Bob...do you have the basic housing that Casio makes for this camera? this one:

http://www.casio.com/products/Accessories/Cases/EWC-80/

If so, I just may have to get the housing for this camera for my upcoming trip

I am still flabbergasted at the amazing quality of your photos without an external strobe just using the point and shoot...impressive!

 

[RonFrank]

Very great shots.....I heard Eagle rays are gone!!! have you guys seen eagle rays lately!!!?

Well don't tell the Eagle Rays that! We saw Nine spotted Eagle Rays I believe while doing our safety stop after diving the Devil's throat. We saw Spotted eagle rays on four dives total I believe. That was in Jan 2007.

I don't know their habits, so maybe they migrate to mate or something, but there were certainly there in numbers in Jan.

 

[RonFrank]

No strobe ... just the internal flash (no HID light either ... who needs it in Coz?).

The trick is to pretend you're "hunting wabbits" ... the fish come to you ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

You did not use the HID's for night dives? I have always been tempted to get an HID for one reason, it would make a heck of a good focus light, and maybe even a worthy primary light for taking photo's at night. The Color Temp is about right, and they are powerful.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Bob...do you have the basic housing that Casio makes for this camera? this one:

http://www.casio.com/products/Accessories/Cases/EWC-80/

If so, I just may have to get the housing for this camera for my upcoming trip

Yup ... that's what I'm using ... but I paid $20 less than that at B&H Video ...

I am still flabbergasted at the amazing quality of your photos without an external strobe just using the point and shoot...impressive!

It's a pretty amazing little camera. A friend showed up on a trip to British Columbia with one a few months back, and I think just about everyone on the trip was so impressed with his pictures that they went out and bought one ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

You did not use the HID's for night dives? I have always been tempted to get an HID for one reason, it would make a heck of a good focus light, and maybe even a worthy primary light for taking photo's at night. The Color Temp is about right, and they are powerful.

Oh, I used my HID for the dive ... but I do not use it to help light my photo subjects. Even here at home, I rely strictly on the camera's light. On night dives, I'll shine my light off to the side of the subject, allowing just enough light to allow the camera to "see" what I'm trying to get it to focus on.

I tried using the HID to light my subject a couple times ... but it just overpowered the picture, and everything looked washed out. The other problem is that the only thing you can see in your LCD while trying to frame the shot is the light ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Well don't tell the Eagle Rays that! We saw Nine spotted Eagle Rays I believe while doing our safety stop after diving the Devil's throat. We saw Spotted eagle rays on four dives total I believe. That was in Jan 2007.

I don't know their habits, so maybe they migrate to mate or something, but there were certainly there in numbers in Jan.

We saw no eagle rays at all on our dives ... but we opted not to do Devil's Throat (don't like the idea of going that deep on air) ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[RonFrank]

We saw no eagle rays at all on our dives ... but we opted not to do Devil's Throat (don't like the idea of going that deep on air) ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Devil's throat is a really fun dive. You finsh a swim through, and I think we were at 125'. It's deep, but you are only at that depth for a minute or two. Once out of that swim through, you can go back into another and as a multi-level profile dive, it's not bad. I'm not sure of the average depth, but we spent more time in the 80~90 foot range than over 100fsw.

At the end of the dive you are hovering above coral mounds, and sand, and that is where we saw some many eagle rays. As soon as one would leave another would arrive. The only frustrating part was we were at maybe 30fsw, and the sand was likely around 60fsw. So we could not go down and say hi!

 

[cowdog77]

Wow....just wow ~

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Now sure how this little fella got left off the photo show ... but he's too cute to ignore ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)