Fish pic

My first time with my 20d underwater. Shot in st.eustatius. Fish are a lot like birds, you get a lot a tail shots. I did manage a few keepers. These squirrel fish just flowed over the reef like black birds. c&c ?

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You're a braver man than me taking your 20D under water! Actually, I know those Ikelites are pretty good so you should be ok!

I hear the diving is pretty special in St Eustatius? I've dived in Turks & Caicos but nowehere else in the Caribbean. Is it pricey....travel, accomm, diving, etc?

Oh....and nice pic btw!

IKE's are well made. You have to be REALLY careful with the orings. One hair, fibre ,anything & the 20d is toast. I have flooded my NikonosV , but if you're lucky you can rinse it out (with a lot of prayer) & shoot manually till you get home.
Turks & Caicos (west caicos,saltcay,grand turk) have some awsome walls. That is a rush to look down 2000+ feet. Personally I think it spanks the Caymans.
St.Eustatius is good. On a Caribbean scale of 1-10, maybe a 6. The diving is fairly easy, most stuff around 60ft. Short boat ride A+. A couple of good wrecks. Saba the sister island ,I liked better. The people,diving,hotel(Ju​llianas) a solid 9 IMHO.

Statia has a big problem, Labor. It's a very small island (2500 residents) , 2 mom & pop hotels (maybe 20 rooms each). The hotel staff are forming a union. I mean WT? are they thinking. I stopped tipping after 2 days of general nastiness. I don't like to spread negativity but I wish I had known ahead of time. That's one drawback with travel, they already have most of your money before you get there.

Beautiful photo, well done

Dockworker wrote:
IKE's are well made. You have to be REALLY careful with the orings. One hair, fibre ,anything & the 20d is toast. I have flooded my NikonosV , but if you're lucky you can rinse it out (with a lot of prayer) & shoot manually till you get home.
Turks & Caicos (west caicos,saltcay,grand turk) have some awsome walls. That is a rush to look down 2000+ feet. Personally I think it spanks the Caymans.
St.Eustatius is good. On a Caribbean scale of 1-10, maybe a 6. The diving is fairly easy, most stuff around 60ft. Short boat ride A+. A couple of good wrecks. Saba the sister island ,I liked better. The people,diving,hotel(Ju​llianas) a solid 9 IMHO.

Statia has a big problem, Labor. It's a very small island (2500 residents) , 2 mom & pop hotels (maybe 20 rooms each). The hotel staff are forming a union. I mean WT? are they thinking. I stopped tipping after 2 days of general nastiness. I don't like to spread negativity but I wish I had known ahead of time. That's one drawback with travel, they already have most of your money before you get there.

Yeh I agree.....it's such a shame when things like that happen and spoil a place.

As for T&C diving, yep the wall is pretty spectacular! I'm just hoping I'll be able to get another trip out there soon! And I'm *hoping* to do my Rescue Diver course, so would be great to do it out there...!

Great shot! A little soft on the edges, but good capture, and nice lighting as well.. I'm ver jealous.. one, because you took pics underwater in beautiful sea, and two, because you have the balls to take your camera underwater!

great shot! i'd love to try underwater photography, but i'm too overprotective of my 20d

spencer87 wrote:
great shot! i'd love to try underwater photography, but i'm too overprotective of my 20d

You and me both!!

I resort to my Sony point and sh*t for the wet stuff...!

wow.. amazing!