Pretty new and Loving it! Hi ALL

[Artin]

Hi all,
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Artin. I am an avid fly fisherman until now!
Not to long ago (Christmas) My fiance Sharice bought me one of the coolest presents EVER! Guess what is was? Yup, Scuba cert. classes from Sport Chalet! I have been lurking for a few weeks now without any good material (Pictures) to make a decent entry onto this very cool forum which I keep track of. Now that I have worthwhile material and a camera I can make a respectable entrance to say hello!
Here are some of the pictures from Catalina Dive park which I hope you enjoy! The quality is not amazing (My first time taking pictures under water) but we did our best!.

These guys are amazing! I would have never thought.....

The closer you look the better it gets!
Here is dinner, come season!

Sharice and yours truly!

She will soon hop on the Scubaboard bandwagon!
I fish for these guys... Yes with flies!

This is great, now I know exactly where the big ones hang out! Don't worry, I practice catch and release!

To wrap things up.... we did a night dive with our instructor for our Advanced open water and the life we saw.... WOW off the beach too! One word: bioluminecense! (I don't think I spelled that right!... you know the tiny plancton life that makes it's own light!
Just amazing!
Kudos to Sharice for having this idea! You see, I go fishing every second that frees up! I would have never thought of doing this... even after Blue planet came out! Now I'm hooked!

Well, that's my story of how I got into this crazy cool thing called SCUBA (def:self-contained underwater breathing apparatus)

Artin

 

[Teamcasa]

Welcome Artin and Sharice!

Nice shots, the dive park is a terrific place to practice diving and photography. I hope to see you there sometime.

 

[fnfalman]

Welcome aboard!!!

This underwater breathing thingie is rather addictive!

 

[blue steal]

Nice pictures, love the lobsters..........

 

[diverrex]

Nice photos, particularly for your first time and as a newbie diver.

 

[TroupH2O]

Rex is right. Nice pictures. First time with the camera and you have some nice shots.

Congratulations on the decision. I started diving a couple years now and have loved every minute. I just wish I could dive more.

 

[Artin]

Thanks for the warm welcome, I enjoyed every one of my dives so far.... Can't wait to dive more and more.

Teamcasa,
The park is awesome! What a great place to go. I was hoping to see the Black Bass but it kept itself hidden. Boy that would have made an amazing picture! Yea, you probably will run into me there soon....

fnfalman,
Thanks, for the welcome! "the underwater breathing thing" :laughing:

blue steal,
Hehe, LOBSTA! Thanks, they get BIG!

diverrex,
Thanks, I think in my previous dive I was an underwater photographer, some of it must have been forgotten in my pocket during my transition to this one!

TroupH2O,
I know what you mean about wanting to dive more, I would probably every day if I could. It was one of the better decisions we have made! Thanks.

Artin