Patwa
01-08-2014, 09:20 PM
Hey!
I'm slowly getting back into the hobby after a good 5 years off. During that time i've been on some awesome dive trips......here are a few select shots from my recent trip to Easter Island. This trip was the first time using my SLR camera. I've still got a lot to learn about how to take the best shots (and even what lenses I need to use!), but I think I did alright, eh?
posing with a fake Moai (was sunk here for a scene in the movie "Rapa Nui")
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/9346139833_aa1e8cae66_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feTpKX)
was told this is an anchor from an old Spanish ghaleon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7435/9345739993_dac157072c_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feRmUa)
lots of the same coral (porites)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/9348800104_61ac4725cb_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/ff83yG)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/9349118536_4ecd182189_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/ff9FdU)
banana wrasse
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/9348713344_2ee15db592_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/ff7ALQ)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7317/9345915855_e444bc9a7f_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feSgbg)
trevally photobombing my shot
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5510/9345949599_dbb7f7cfe0_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feSrd4)
Easter Island butterflyfish feeding on an urchin
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2889/9345937023_06be6d4807_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feSnte)
1000+ year-old porites lobata colony
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/9348759950_ac1960c6b5_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/ff7QCo)
teardrop butterflyfish
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5518/9346070585_229cd07634_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feT4b2)
the money shot - about $10000-$15000 or more dollars worth of rare fish here: Hotamatua pygmy angels and femininus Wrasses. I had to crop the heck out of my image to get this (shooting RAW and high megapixels ftw!)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/9349015868_22abe07eba_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/ff99GL)
me next to a porites colony
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2892/9345773137_f24975e357_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feRwKB)
yellow pocillopora colony...one of only TWO colonies I saw on my dives (the other was a baby blue colour). Easter Island has LOTs of coral, but very, very low coral species diversity
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/9346315337_6679e5cd3d_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feUiVT)
Easter Island is located in some of the bluest waters (nutrient-poor) on the planet....makes for excellent visibility!
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/9346282239_b8ef5e9bd5_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feU96e)
many more pics on my Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58353057@N07/sets/72157634752882333/
z
I'm slowly getting back into the hobby after a good 5 years off. During that time i've been on some awesome dive trips......here are a few select shots from my recent trip to Easter Island. This trip was the first time using my SLR camera. I've still got a lot to learn about how to take the best shots (and even what lenses I need to use!), but I think I did alright, eh?
posing with a fake Moai (was sunk here for a scene in the movie "Rapa Nui")
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/9346139833_aa1e8cae66_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feTpKX)
was told this is an anchor from an old Spanish ghaleon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7435/9345739993_dac157072c_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feRmUa)
lots of the same coral (porites)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/9348800104_61ac4725cb_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/ff83yG)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/9349118536_4ecd182189_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/ff9FdU)
banana wrasse
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/9348713344_2ee15db592_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/ff7ALQ)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7317/9345915855_e444bc9a7f_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feSgbg)
trevally photobombing my shot
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5510/9345949599_dbb7f7cfe0_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feSrd4)
Easter Island butterflyfish feeding on an urchin
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2889/9345937023_06be6d4807_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feSnte)
1000+ year-old porites lobata colony
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/9348759950_ac1960c6b5_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/ff7QCo)
teardrop butterflyfish
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5518/9346070585_229cd07634_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feT4b2)
the money shot - about $10000-$15000 or more dollars worth of rare fish here: Hotamatua pygmy angels and femininus Wrasses. I had to crop the heck out of my image to get this (shooting RAW and high megapixels ftw!)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/9349015868_22abe07eba_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/ff99GL)
me next to a porites colony
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2892/9345773137_f24975e357_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feRwKB)
yellow pocillopora colony...one of only TWO colonies I saw on my dives (the other was a baby blue colour). Easter Island has LOTs of coral, but very, very low coral species diversity
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/9346315337_6679e5cd3d_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feUiVT)
Easter Island is located in some of the bluest waters (nutrient-poor) on the planet....makes for excellent visibility!
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/9346282239_b8ef5e9bd5_b.jpg (http://flic.kr/p/feU96e)
many more pics on my Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58353057@N07/sets/72157634752882333/
z