Cathedral, Long Cay (Lighthouse Reef) |
I have lots of photos of people I don't know ... or can't figure out who they are from the picture. |
Dunno what kind of Jelly it was ... probably the non-stinging kind. I know it's blurry, but it's very close to the housing, and it's probably the best jelly still I have. |
This lobster was hiding out under a ledge - which is why it's kind of dark. This was also in the morning, probably before 9am. |
So I *did* take another picture of the sun. Well, this is probably more of the sillouette of the coral. |
Again, a Sun shot, but more because of how the valley forms around it as the sun rises. |
A very blurry shot of a Banded Coral Shrimp, but again, not an easy thing to shoot. |
Thanks to Laura (I think) for the lighting assist on this Spotted Drum. |
I'm guessing this is actual Stag Horn Coral. |
The trouble getting these guys on film caused ... I snapped this still and started filming video, and I turned as they passed under me. Right into some Fire Coral, right in the cheek. I got a few more pictures on this dive though ... |
It was not uncommon to have at least one Barracuda hanging out under the boat, fairly shallow. |
Here's another shot of the 'Cuda. |
Best shot, probably without the red filter. |
We saw only a few Honeycomb Cowfish. |
Hogfish were all over the place though, and pretty big, too. |
This little guy is on a wall, and actually, the picture was originally oriented upside down. |
Again, an Indigo Hamlet. There were quite a few around Belize; they are apparently very rare elsewhere. |
At first all we saw was the body (which was actually more common - it was hard to find the head) of this Spotted Moray Eel. I went to touch him and he backed up and eyed me - so I snapped this photo. |
JoeBennie, another D2D diver. |
Aquarium, Long Cay (Lighthouse Reef) |
Horribly blurry, it's easy to make out the brittle star, but this also happens to be (currently) my only shot of a Golden Coral Shrimp. |
Landscapes tend to be easy pictures to take, I think. However, it might just be a "forest for the trees" thing - many people don't notice these stunning scenes because they're looking for fish. |
A Crab hiding in the dark. |
Not quite sure what this stuff is but it's cool looking. |
A couple of Flamingo Tongues. I wish I had gotten a better shot - sometimes things look good on that tiny screen that aren't really that good. |
I tried twice to get a good shot ... I probably shouldn't have given up. |
It's the little things that I enjoy the most (well, there is something to be said for free-swimming octopi but ya know). This little Blenny (again, I have a hard time identifying which type exactly) was wary, but not too afraid. That yellow and black thing on the left of the frame is my fingertip for a size perspective. |
Barracuda under the boat again - he's swimming by one of the sunken pontoons of the Pilot. |
Black Durgon do have some interesting patterns on their body, but the most striking feature is that which identifies them best: the blue bars edging the fins. |
Black Grouper hiding in some soft coral. He was pretty big - I wanted to get a better shot but then I didn't want to scare him off. |
Don, one of the D2D divers. |
I'll have to figure out what kind of coral that is. |
Jena and her dive buddy. |
Here we are on the night dive - this is a Sea Cucumber. |
The only way to get a better photo of this Spotted Moray would have been to get closer, and I don't think either one of us really wanted to do that. |
A Parrotfish of some sort, apparently asleep! |
A well cameoflaged Peacock Flounder. |
I believe these are Coral Polyps. You can actually feed these guys; bloodworms are attracted to dive lights, and can get quite annoying. Hold the light over the coral and watch the worms get eaten! |
Crabs didn't like the light but then they don't move all that fast ... if you're quick, you can usually get a decent shot of one. |