Great Barrier Reef, Australia - My Dive Pics

[Patwa]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14288585#post14288585 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lariviere
wow ! the tricolor is awesome!!

I'm jealous... what a diving trip!

You bring back some corals/frags in Canada?

heheh nope...didn't bring back a single thing, although I was soo tempted at times j/k

I know that tri-colour acro would have a lot of my SPS buds wetting themselves if I had brought back a frag

<a href=showthread.php?s=&
postid=14321393#post14321393 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ansphire
I saw these pics with my wife and thanks to you she promised to take me there!!!.. You are the best!!!... something about exciment in my eyes she says... Excited me?.. about what corals?... LOL

Great pics man.. Thanks for sharing.

lol...glad to be of assistance

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14425312#post14425312 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jwheeler
What kind of camera do you have?

The pics were taken on my Canon S1-IS 3.2 MP point+shoot camera.....the underwater housing was specifically made for this camera (also manufactured by Canon)

The camera actually died on me last month. I have since purchased a Nikon D200 SLR camera....just sourcing out a proper lens for it now.

Zach

 

[Patwa]

time for some more

encrusting montipora

swimming around a bommie....the deep, deep blue to the right....what a feeling!

chubby acros! lol

platygyra sp.

 

[Patwa]

clown tang, just roaming the area (i'm in about 7-8ft of water here)

 

[Patwa]

really cool pink w/ green base acro....saw many of them all over the reef

Moorish Idol

 

[Patwa]

KILLER HIGHLIGHT #2.....the common white tip reef.....honestly, my first time ever swimming with a shark....I was so thrilled! he came through a gully-like opening in the seabed...moving slowly ...and gone before I knew it! luckily, I managed to grab some video of him...will post it later on

diploastrea sp? saw huge colonies of it all over the place

Zach

 

[supervdl]

amazing pictures. thanks for sharing.

 

[1337TANKHAX]

this thread is incredible. thank you so much for taking the time to share all these pictures!

 

[dougie]

sweet pics mate, im glad u had a good time here in australia

 

[Patwa]

thanks, guys!

yeah...i'm hoping to head back there soon...Australia was amazing.....so much to see and do there!

Zach

 

[Patwa]

orange encrusting monti and blue green algae

green star polyps.....can't even escape them on the barrier reef!

 

[Patwa]

acan bowerbanki, I think

battle for reef supremecy!

sweet brain coral (platygyra?)

 

[Patwa]

awesome tabling acros

school of blue chromis over a massive acropora colony....sweeeet!

a very nice stylophora colony

 

[aquariumclown]

I got scuba certified last September. But I just have to say that this is one of the best threads I've ever seen on RC in all these years! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Patwa]

thanks man!....that is quite the compliment

 

[rc4kinu]

Loved all those pics. Brings back memories of when we went there 3 years ago and it actually looks like the same platform we went on. I wished we did 5 days like you did, instead of one. Awesome.

 

[Dxmarinefish]

Stunning pics. Very good for your 1st dive pics. Many thanks for sharing.

 

[waxy]

OMG man just OHHH EMMM GEE!!!

Awesome pictures, my cat died today and after seeing all these pictures I totally forgot about him.

PS : I lied about the cat.

 

[SunnyX]

Wow, great shots! :thumbsup:

The blue stags and table are amazing!

 

[Leonardo_]

Truly inspiring thread! Thank you very much for the great pictures.

Leonardo

 

[ImASaltyDogg]

Agrreeed ...OMG!!....love them picts!!! thanks

I was thinking of doin a dive there, now i will have to think a little harder