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sphelps 05-26-2010 02:55 PM

Diving Pictures
 
I went diving in the Dominican a few weeks ago, thought I'd share some pictures. All the dive sites were located just outside of Bayahibe in La Romana.

I shoot without a strobe so I use a large aperture so please excuse the limited DOF.

Starting off with some brain corals (most common)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_152.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_161.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_166.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_168.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_170.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_175.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_195.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_203.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_68.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_218.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_23.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_72.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_78.jpg

sphelps 05-26-2010 03:00 PM

Some other LPS type corals:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_11.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_164.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_176.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_185.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_193.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_198.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_199.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_207.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_210.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_211.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_212.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_214.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_221.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_232.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_285.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_37.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_38.jpg

sphelps 05-26-2010 03:02 PM

Some harder stuff:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_160.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_174.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_208.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_296.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_298.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_35.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_53.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_59.jpg

sphelps 05-26-2010 03:06 PM

Anemones, sponges, fans and tunicates:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_171.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_184.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_189.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_201.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_202.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_206.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_215.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_216.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_231.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_234.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_40.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_42.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_44.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ican2010_7.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_71.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_76.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_297.jpg

sphelps 05-26-2010 03:09 PM

Zoos, ricordea, and scolys:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_154.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_188.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_192.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_222.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_224.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_227.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_228.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_49.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_50.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_51.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_69.jpg

sphelps 05-26-2010 03:12 PM

Some other inverts

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_10.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_190.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_204.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_220.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_230.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_300.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_34.jpg

sphelps 05-26-2010 03:19 PM

Some fish

Can you see it
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_65.jpg

A little closer
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_66.jpg

Some more
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_229.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_74.jpg

LIONFISH!!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_13.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_191.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_226.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_27.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_28.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_56.jpg

Eels
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_17.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_182.jpg

Garden Eels
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_196.jpg

Stingray
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ican2010_5.jpg

Pregnant Stingray!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_19.jpg

sphelps 05-26-2010 03:23 PM

More fish

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_181.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_20.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_231.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_30.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_286.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_289.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_46.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_47.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_79.jpg

Puffer!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_294.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_295.jpg

Cuttle Fish
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...an2010_287.jpg

Treebeard 05-26-2010 04:06 PM

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing!

Zoaelite 05-26-2010 04:09 PM

Some really nice photos there Sp! Those Ric's are crazy colorful, diving drives me crazy because I always want to bring everything back to the fishtank.

sphelps 05-26-2010 04:47 PM

Thanks guys, I forgot one more pic worth sharing.

It's a bright orange seahorse, sorry the pic sucks because it was in a cave making it impossible to get a side shot. I wanted to reposition the guy but I figured the divemaster might get a little mad, I think it was his best friend.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...can2010_26.jpg

fishoholic 05-26-2010 05:12 PM

Awesome pic.'s thanks for sharing.

Lance 05-26-2010 05:20 PM

Thanks for those. Great pics!

Delphinus 05-26-2010 05:38 PM

Very nice! I love those Diploria brains. It's too bad that there's zero access to them for the hobby, they seem plentiful enough like the gorgs but I suppose the restrictions are better off in place and better just to respect them. Gives us an excuse to want to travel to these places and see them in their own habitat I suppose.

Thanks for the share. What housing do you use for your camera?

sphelps 05-26-2010 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus (Post 522092)
Thanks for the share. What housing do you use for your camera?

No problem, its a Canon WP-DC21 housing with a G9.

whatcaneyedo 05-26-2010 05:50 PM

Great pictures! Its good to see that the Dominican Republic still has coral. I saw some some pictures that someone else took while snorkeling there and all he had to show was fish, rock and algae. I guess he must have been on a different reef in a more developed area.

lastlight 05-26-2010 07:13 PM

Wow such diversity! I wasn't nearly that lucky in Akumal. Thanks for posting.

ElGuappo 05-26-2010 07:50 PM

great pics... love the garden eel aplenty one...

hillegom 05-26-2010 07:51 PM

Beautiful pics as usual.
Thanks for sharing

Jason McK 05-26-2010 10:37 PM

WOW Great Shots I'm very jealous. Looks like some great diving

J

Marlin65 05-27-2010 01:09 AM

Great work as always.

Argentiner 05-27-2010 04:00 AM

Great pics, thanks for sharing. Love that cuttlefish...

CrystalBlu3 05-28-2010 05:00 AM

Awesome pics ! It's crazy what you do see in the ocean, it makes you sit back & appreciate what is in your tank 100x more. I have pictures from my dive & size comparision is just crazy !

kien 06-11-2010 09:56 PM

Great photos! Should have just put them in your build thread and said that they came out of your tank. I don't think anyone would have noticed or questioned the validity of it :-) Except maybe someone might question why your wife was scuba diving in your tank.. maybe.


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