Mossman in Cozumel 2013 - Dive Day 4 photos

[Mossman]

Switched to the 105mm. Allows me to shoot from a bit further away, helpful for the skittish creatures, or I can manually focus on the super-tiny stuff but that's not so easy in Cozumel currents. Also, it's slower than the 60mm to autofocus, sometimes the shutter refuses to release and take the pic even though it looks to be a great shot. Hence I only bring it out after I'm nice and relaxed after a few days of vacation, otherwise the frustration it often inflicts on me would cause me to smash it into the reef

A cute little spotted moray with good dental work:

 

[Mossman]

I wasn't too happy with this seahorse. Honestly, I wish Jeremy had found me a prettier one. But I came to Coz this time only asking for one thing, a seahorse pic, and he not only took me to the right site, but spent a good amount of time searching for it (unlike the tiny frogfish which was unsoliticited). Unfortunately, I ended up being third in line for all my shots. First came George, who videoed for at least a minute or two. Then MMM, who often took 8 or 9 shots, checking each one until she got one she liked - sorry MMM, but I'm used to liveaboard rules that allow 3 shots per customer for the rare stuff

Finally my turn, but by then the damn thing had started to turn away, couldn't get a good profile. And did I mention there were currents? OK, enough excuses, here it is, my first Caribbean seahorse:

 

[Mossman]

Yellow Stingray. Weaver9710 pointed it out as it was whizzing by and I got a quick shot of it.

 

[Mossman]

Lantern Bass. A little cutie, one of my favs to shoot since they're very photogenic.

 

[Keith.M]

Nice pics!

 

[Mossman]

The obligatory splendid toadfish. I was almost going to pass on this shot since its crevice was in a little carve out in the reef, really hard to access with the current blowing. Besides, I was happy with the one I shot last trip. But I tried anyhow, it's not like I had anything better to do at the time.

 

[Mossman]

OK, the next one is one of my personal favorites of the trip. Juvenile greenblotch parrotfish meets juvenile smooth trunkfish. Love at first sight!

 

[Mossman]

And another shot of the trunkfish. He's more of a teenager since there's a little formation of the snout, not the completely round "ping pong ball" that the babies resemble.

 

[weaver9710]

Your pics look great. I can't wait to see all the pics from the last day at Columbia Shallows.

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[Mossman]

This little bugger drove me crazy, he was hopping around so much. Got one shot that exactly matches the profile in Humann/DeLoach, but it's blurry. This is the only shot that came out halfway decent and I only post it because it was just a PITA to shoot.