Ixtapa...

[saltcreep]

Just a few pictures from a recent trip to Ixtapa, Mexico. The diving wasn't the greatest, but I'll take warm water any day. I flooded my camera on the last trip so these were taken with my wife's camera that I wasn't that used to.

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/Passer.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/Passer.jpg.html)

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/blenny.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/blenny.jpg.html)

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/Nudi-1.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/Nudi-1.jpg.html)

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/Nudi-2.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/Nudi-2.jpg.html)

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/Seahorse.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/Seahorse.jpg.html)

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/Sponge.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/Sponge.jpg.html)

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/Stonefish-2.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/Stonefish-2.jpg.html)

Below is a cool commensal crab (not sure on species) that hang out with the long spine urchins. They look like a pile of algae.

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/Crab.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/Crab.jpg.html)

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/Urchin.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/Urchin.jpg.html)


http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/Star.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/Star.jpg.html)

And the apres dive...

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/Beer.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/Beer.jpg.html)

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/wetpets/Ixtapa/sunset.jpg (http://s812.photobucket.com/user/wetpets/media/Ixtapa/sunset.jpg.html)

[Skimmerking]

well if you got those pictures then the diving was pretty good IMO :P

[Delphinus]

Cool pics!! Love the sunset shot. Can you see the "green flash" down there or is that more of a Hawaii thing (I might add I've never seen it so I dunno if it's a real thing or not..)?

[howdy20012002]

Great shots Kyle

[Stones]

Fantastic pics! Thanks for sharing.

[saltcreep]

Cool pics!! Love the sunset shot. Can you see the "green flash" down there or is that more of a Hawaii thing (I might add I've never seen it so I dunno if it's a real thing or not..)?

Yes, the dreaded "green flash"...lol. It was there for sure. It would appear based on the colour of the sun and the angles that I was shooting. It must be a refraction thing as the light would go through the lens and create it. I just had to play with the angle I was shooting to ensure that the camera was pointed directly at the sun so it wouldn't appear.