That's a wonderful gallery, all the more impressive given the technical limitations of your equipment.
So glad you shared it with us. Quite the adventure! cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> Sent: February 17, 2012 2/17/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Non-PESO - Underwater Nature Shot 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > Great pictures! What a wonderful adventure... > Regards, Bob S. > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
