Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Dive Pictures
 

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")
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was told this is an anchor from an old Spanish ghaleon
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lots of the same coral (porites)
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banana wrasse
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trevally photobombing my shot
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Easter Island butterflyfish feeding on an urchin
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1000+ year-old porites lobata colony
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teardrop butterflyfish
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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!)
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me next to a porites colony
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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
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Easter Island is located in some of the bluest waters (nutrient-poor) on the planet....makes for excellent visibility!
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many more pics on my Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5835305...7634752882333/

z

Amazing Pictures. Would love to go there one day on vaction. Good resorts there?

Gorgeous shots. No comparison between underwater SLR and digital cameras!


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very nice pictures, clarity of the water is something.

Nice! Thanks for sharing

The photo bomb picture is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Love the pics. Great shots.
Thanks

Great pictures

Liked the Contrast of the banana wrasse on the plain background made the colours really stand out

lots of resorts at varying price points, so you can't go wrong :) I stayed at a hostel, but was given a pretty pimped-out house with 3 beds, and a full kitchen - my friend is close with the the owner and had done some consulting work for her so we got to stay for FREE! more money to put into diving! :)


about the pics..thanks for the comments!! :D

I used an ultra-wide Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 for most of the shots, and gave my best shot at using my Nikkor 105mm f2.8 macro . It's amazing how deficient that lens is underwater, but how amazing it is on land! Virtually all of the underwater shots I took with it were not up to snuff....

for my next trip i'm going with a lower focal length macro...most likely the 60mm f2.8 AFS

and of course my strobe conked out halfway through my dives....grrr.....im going to upgrade the battery for the next trip!

z

awesome shots hard to believe that's your first go with an DSLR!

and wow that banana wrasse is hands down the nicest supermale i've ever seen.