Pics from the weekend... Discovery Bay, Jamaica

[Jamdiver]

Spent the weekend doing some dives with friends and was able to shoot quite the bevy of pics...

Overall I think I shot a few keepers, think i'm getting just a bit better at this u/w photography thing, although some shots that I executed well underwater suffer from horrible composition, poor lighting et cetera...

Anyway here we go, comments & critque welcome..

Trumpetfish

Another trumpetfish, had an interesting bluish tinge to it..

Christmas tree worms

Sea Fan

More sunball attempts, not framed exactly the way I would have wanted..

Reefscape, love the colors here..

Upside down Jellyfish..

Sponge + pillar coral..

The rest of my gallery can be seen here..
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showgallery.php/ppuser/37363/cat/500

 

[stevenq99]

really like the colerful reefscape!

 

[7millimeter]

Jammy,

Nice work! I love to see Jamaica represented with such beautiful photos. My wife and I were in Mo Bay around Christmas and we had a wonderful time there. Let's see some more underwater pics! I also enjoyed the topside images in your gallery.

 

[Jamdiver]

Thanks 7millimeter, glad you enjoyed the pics.
Which sites did you dive while you were in Mobay?

More pics as requested...
Bluehead wrasse

Buddy freediving

 

[Jim Ernst]

really nice pictures, your macro is awsome and the color is also great , nice job and keep shooting!!!! thanks for sharing your pictures!!!!!

 

[LavaSurfer]

Thats an awesome landscape with the Christmas Tree Worms.

 

[SeaYoda]

Nice work - I like the way the light hits the sea fan.

 

[7millimeter]

Thanks 7millimeter, glad you enjoyed the pics.
Which sites did you dive while you were in Mobay?

JamDiver,

Thanks for posting more pics. I like them!

I dove the Widowmaker Cave Wall, Airport Wall and Sargeant Major Reef. It was our honeymoon, so diving wasn't exactly the first thing on the agenda!

I had lots of fun snorkeling about, too. I spent hours at Doctor's Cave Beach on the reef patches there in the swimming area. We also went out on one of the trimaran snorkeling things and we hired a glass bottom to take us back to snorkel Sargeant Major on our last morning before flying home.

All in all, a quality time! I miss the $1 Red Stripe and callaloo patties!

Best,

7mm

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

So impressive, Jam. Beautiful shots. All of them.

 

[alcina]

Looking good. Those sun balls are going to be tough - the first one is pretty good as you've got some rays happening

Know what I'd like to see? Go back to that sea fan. Set your shutter higher - something like 1/250 or maybe even more...go for a rich deep blue background. Shoot it into the sun . Turn your camera upside down vertically so the flash is on the bottom. As you may need to be a ways away from the fan, this might be one time you need to UP the flash power - you'll have to shoot, review, adjust here.