Thanks, Bob. Shooting with a compact camera without a viewfinder is always tricky for me, but doing it underwater, with big clunky buttons that don't always click as quickly as you want them to was a challenge for me. Basically, I held the camera out at arm's length, pointed it at the turtles, and clicked two or three times, hoping something would make it to the sensor.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dan, > Great pictures! What a wonderful adventure... > Regards, Bob S. > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks, Bipin. >> >> No, I did not crop this image. This large green sea turtle rose up >> from underneath me while I was snorkeling, and really was that close. >> Here is one of the image showing an entire turtle: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15186694 >> >> After snorkeling on Molokini, a tiny semi-submerged volcanic crater >> off the West coast of Maui, we went to a reef known for many turtles. >> There were dozens who surfaced over a period of about 30 minutes. I >> was able to swim up and behind several of them and obtain a few >> images, using a Sea Life underwater compact digital camera. My >> gallery of turtle photos from that dive are here: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1026664 >> >> Thanks for looking and for you kind comments. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Bipin Gupta <bip...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Vow Dan, enthralling capture of of this huge beauty. Did you crop some >>> of this amphibian out? If yes, can you post the full shot. I guess you >>> couldn't have been so close. >>> I have played with these enormous creatures on the beaches of Oman near Sur. >>> They come inland at night in hordes for laying eggs. And the eggs are >>> very rubbery, soft, round and a bit larger than a pin pong ball. No >>> photos though as flash is not allowed. They try to wade back back into >>> the ocean before day break, but they become so weak that we had to >>> push many of them back into the sea. They are a sight to behold in the >>> moonlight - better than the seven wonders of the world. >>> Bipin - from a far away enchanting land. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
