I see Glen has already posted his pictures...
I was a bit concerned on the way down to Destin, as there were heavy rains and a fair amount of wind... but the forecast was for 1 to 2 ft waves....still, lots of rain means lots of run off.
So sat morning I met Glen at the dive shop and showed him some enlargements from my camera.. starting at 13 x 18, and going up to a cropped image that would have been a 20 x 24 enlargement. As Glen has a better setup than I do, I was hoping that at some point, he would say..."man, I'll never get images like that.. he Puffer just take my camera" I waited and waited... but he never did say that (darn)...
There turned out to be a fairly stiff off shore breeze.. and waves a bit bigger than 1 to 2, so that meant staying close to shore.. so shoreline and rubble were going to be the fare for the day.
Jumping in at Shoreline, and we were greeted with cold surface water (rain) and what sort of looked like snow.. lots and lots of snow. Even on the bottom, there was some fresh water mixing with salt and that blurry effect. This was not going to be a great photo day...
Still vis was not that bad.. it was just filled with large particles.
I have not been to shoreline for a couple of weeks, and was surprised to see it covered with stringy algae...
You can see the stuff here:
There were arrowhead crabs everywhere, and some appeared to be eating it.
So we did a circle of the reef, with me trying to stay away from everyone (and not doing a good job)... (I really need a tank sticker that says "Danger: Do not approach with 100 ft"
So, as the conditions sucked, I tried to get that really good picture of an arrowhead crab.. and failed (again)... one day... but I did get a couple somewhat interesting:
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showfull.php?photo=136054
I was a bit concerned on the way down to Destin, as there were heavy rains and a fair amount of wind... but the forecast was for 1 to 2 ft waves....still, lots of rain means lots of run off.
So sat morning I met Glen at the dive shop and showed him some enlargements from my camera.. starting at 13 x 18, and going up to a cropped image that would have been a 20 x 24 enlargement. As Glen has a better setup than I do, I was hoping that at some point, he would say..."man, I'll never get images like that.. he Puffer just take my camera" I waited and waited... but he never did say that (darn)...
There turned out to be a fairly stiff off shore breeze.. and waves a bit bigger than 1 to 2, so that meant staying close to shore.. so shoreline and rubble were going to be the fare for the day.
Jumping in at Shoreline, and we were greeted with cold surface water (rain) and what sort of looked like snow.. lots and lots of snow. Even on the bottom, there was some fresh water mixing with salt and that blurry effect. This was not going to be a great photo day...
Still vis was not that bad.. it was just filled with large particles.
I have not been to shoreline for a couple of weeks, and was surprised to see it covered with stringy algae...
You can see the stuff here:
There were arrowhead crabs everywhere, and some appeared to be eating it.
So we did a circle of the reef, with me trying to stay away from everyone (and not doing a good job)... (I really need a tank sticker that says "Danger: Do not approach with 100 ft"
So, as the conditions sucked, I tried to get that really good picture of an arrowhead crab.. and failed (again)... one day... but I did get a couple somewhat interesting:
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showfull.php?photo=136054
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