Some photos from Wakatobi

[fairybasslet]

Bubble coral shrimp
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m160/nohfohtoh/TCC%20Entries/BubbleCoralShrimp.jpg
Chromodoris willani
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m160/nohfohtoh/TCC%20Entries/BlueSilverNudibranch.jpg
Reticulated Dascyllus
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m160/nohfohtoh/TCC%20Entries/ReticulatedDascyllus.jpg
Diver with Crinoid
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m160/nohfohtoh/TCC%20Entries/DiverwithCrionoid2-competitionsi-1.jpg
And a couple of topside
Indonesian Fishing Village Family
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m160/nohfohtoh/TCC%20Entries/IndonesianFamily.jpg
Going out for night dive
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m160/nohfohtoh/TCC%20Entries/WakatobiSunset-competitionsize.jpg
Rice Paddies in Bali
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m160/nohfohtoh/TCC%20Entries/RicepaddyinUbudBali.jpg

[Eskasi]

Great photos!

[BTravlin]

Nice pics, Fairy! Hope to do Wakatobi sometime in the future.

[AndyT]

Fantastic images !!! Look forward to seeing more.

[annasea]

Finally!! :D

Beautiful pics, Ellen! Looking forward to seeing more!

[scubaguy655]

Nice shots - I like the shrimp especially.

[fairybasslet]

Finally!! :D

Beautiful pics, Ellen! Looking forward to seeing more!

:rofl3:Well, you know, if our group leader Robyn hadn't run a friendly little photo contest for our group during our trip...and...if I hadn't had a competition for my camera club tomorrow night, they would probably still be sitting in my computer, unedited..crying to be seen by someone:depressed::rofl3:

But now that I know photoshop a little bit better, it isn't so frustrating getting them to look halfway decent.

Thanks for the encouragement to keep plowing away.

[H2O Photo Pros]

Very nice pics. What are you shooting with?

[alcina]

Nice ones! I'm so close to having things sorted out for my trip report from Wakatobi ... when were you guys there?

[fairybasslet]

We were there for 10 days. Sept. 30 through Oct. 10.

I was shooting with my Olympus SP-560. Sometimes I used a Sea & Sea strobe for wide angles, but I can't aim the thing when doing macro. LOL

[alcina]

Dang, wish I'd known - we could have waved as we got off the plane! We landed on the 10th :)

[fairybasslet]

:lol: So, I guess you ran into the Single Divers group while you were there?

[Larry C]

Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing!

[Jimbo1946]

I've seen so many great images from Wakatobi that it's moving rapidly up my list of places to dive before I'm too old and decrepit to dive any more. Those are super!

[Gudge]

:lol: So, I guess you ran into the Single Divers group while you were there?It was hard not to run into them, they dominated the landscape. They had two of the four dive boats to themselves and set up their own table in the dining room that ran right down the middle and stretched from one end to the other.

[alcina]

:lol: So, I guess you ran into the Single Divers group while you were there?
Yup! My roomie was one of them and she was great :)

Got to talk to WreckWench a little, but not nearly long enough...

[fairybasslet]

I won a medal in my camera club's Nature competition Tuesday night for the bubble coral shrimp. The dascullus and nudi won Awards, as the the Sunset in the Pictorial category. The diver & crinoid and kids in the doorway got Honorable Mention. The rice paddies didn't score.

[ChristyV]

Great Pictures! Thanks for posting them! Is that a digital camera? I just missed a trip ( planned for a year) to Tawali, New Guinea because I fell down stairs, cracked my head and broke my foot on Oct. 19, just 3 days before leaving. Now I am really wanting to plan another trip somewhere where there are a lot of nudibranchs. Your profile shows you have been to a lot of places. I have an opportunity to go to Anilao, Club Ocellaris, in March, but it looks awfully rustic. I do like some creature comforts, or even a little luxury along with my diving. I was looking at the banner ad for Wakatobi on Scubaboard. Is it hard to get there? Expensive? Any recommendations? Thanks, Christy

[fairybasslet]

Thanks Christy. sorry to hear about your accident. I hope you had trip insurance. Your best bet is to subscribe to the Indonesia message board here in the travel section. A friend of mine was the group leader for 9 of us on the trip so she arranged everything through Ultimate Dive Travel, the agent in I think, Chicago. Ken is great and did a wonderful job for us with flights, hotels, etc.

[DennisW]

Ellen,

Absolutely beautiful pictures. You are getting better all the time. Thanks for sharing.

[annasea]

I won a medal in my camera club's Nature competition Tuesday night for the bubble coral shrimp. The dascullus and nudi won Awards, as the the Sunset in the Pictorial category. The diver & crinoid and kids in the doorway got Honorable Mention. The rice paddies didn't score.

Congratulations!! Now show us more! :D (please :D:D)

[AndyT]

Congrats on the awards - now where are the rest of the images ?????? :D

[fairybasslet]

Sitting in my computer waiting to be processed. I am such a procrastinator. But I plan on working on them over the TG holiday.

[shawnabbtt]

sunset at wakatobi