Roatan Photos, Part 4 (Mr. Ray and friends)

[AUTiger]

Part 4 of how many? Only a few more posts.

One of the nice things about CoCoView is that you can go shore diving in the "front yard" any time that you want. I have already mentioned the 140 foot Prince Albert and the two walls. There is always something new - or in this case, the same "new" thing a few days in a row. This Spotted Eagle Ray was circling the Albert on a daily basis for most of the week that I was there. A few times, there would be a group of divers sitting in the sand around the ship waiting for the ray to appear. When he did, there was such a clatter of bells, duck calls, and noise makers that I couldn't tell if people were driving the ray toward the photographers or alerting the photographers that he was coming (hopefully the second).

I actually took these two photos, the best of my trip, while I was snorkeling. I don't think that Mr. Ray heard me, so he didn't run so quickly.

And now for a few odds and ends:

The obligatory Queen Angel:

A cute little spinyhead blenny. It would be nice if I had two macro lenses to stack!

And juvenile Spotted Drum. As I've mentioned before, I love the little guys:

Have a good day and keep posting your photos!

David

Gear:

Camera: Olympus C-5060WZ
Macro Lense: Inon UCL-165
Housing: Ikelite
Strobe: Ikelite DS-125 with TTL

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

More great pics, thanks!

 

[alcina]

Love the blennies!

 

[havnmonkey]

On my trip I only realized the beautiful wall on the Coco View side too late. My last dive before the plane was on the P.A. and my g/f and I finned off toward your wall and it was really cool, I wish I had gone that way more often on my shore dives off the gazebo.

 

[Sasquatch]

Nice stuff! The ray shots were awesome.

 

[sasscuba]

Awesome shots, good work!