Great Barrier Reef & Dry Tortugas pics

[aquavista99]

Just wanted to share a few pictures from recent snorkel & dive trips. My wife photographed the pictures from the Great Barrier Reef and I photographed the pictures from Dry Tortugas (which is near Cuba, but still in the United States/70 miles West of Key West, Florida). The cameras used were cheap,
35 mm disposable cameras w/ no flash. Enjoy!

Great Barrier Reef

Dry Tortugas Pics

 

[aquavista99]

Great Barrier Reef

Dry Tortugas

 

[aquavista99]

A few more....


Great Barrier

Dry Tortugas

 

[Ron Leversee]

Very nice shots....thanks for posting!!!

 

[Rossini]

That purple stag is awesome!

 

[Bradly88]

all i would need is a little house on those rocks and then i would be the happiest guy in the world! oh and maybe a nice 1000G+ aquarium! AWESOME STUFF!!

 

[xxaquanutxx]

sweet...thanks!

 

[thor32766]

wow great shots, love the queen angel!

 

[Shoreliner11]

Cool shots even with the cheap cameras. I always like the low tide reefscapes.

 

[ghcpa9]

that surface shot is wild

 

[aquavista99]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10790096#post10790096 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thor32766
wow great shots, love the queen angel!

I was surprised how long the angel stayed in the same area.

 

[aquavista99]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10791804#post10791804 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Shoreliner11
Cool shots even with the cheap cameras. I always like the low tide reefscapes.

I plan on getting a digital underwater camera soon. I took a few pictures several years ago in Hawaii with a cheap camera as well. I attached some pictures of the trip below, but the quality of the pictures is not as good. Lets just say even with cheap cameras, you learn from your mistakes with underwater photography.

Hawaii Reef pics

 

[delphinus]

Hey, nice pictures.

One question, where is this photo of? Ie., what island? Does the bay (or whatever this is) have a name or is it some random spot somewhere?

Thanks!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11158929#post11158929 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquavista99

 

[ryan115]

FYI - not a queen angel
Probably a Blue (Hol. bermudensis)
possibly a Townsend (Hol. townsendi)

 

[aquavista99]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11172303#post11172303 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by delphinus
Hey, nice pictures.

One question, where is this photo of? Ie., what island? Does the bay (or whatever this is) have a name or is it some random spot somewhere?

Thanks!

The photograph is from Laupahoehoe Beach Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. In 1946 a tidal wave swept across the village that once stood on this lava-leaf (that's what laupahoehoe means) peninsula and claimed the lives of 20 students and four teachers. A memorial in this pretty little park recalls the tragedy.