Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Dive Pictures

[hillegom]

Love the pics. Great shots.
Thanks

[Dearth]

Great pictures

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

[Patwa]

Originally Posted by Azzkr

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

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!!

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!

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[lastlight]

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.

[Patwa]

Originally Posted by lastlight

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.

yah that wrasse was a fattie for sure! about a foot long or so.


haha no, no....first time using a DSLR underwater

i've been shooting with a DSLR since 2008!

check out my flickr stream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58353057@N07/sets/

[hillegom]

nice album
You have been all over

[aaronc]

Beautiful pictures! Thank you for sharing.