Hawksbill and other reef critters (9 imgs)

JenGrace

Hello all! It's been a really long time since I posted some pics here. Summer is a crazy time for me but I did manage to get some pics with my little waterproof Oly before it got lost at sea (long story short, lost it performing a water rescue at the beach).

Porkfish and various hard and soft coral


Stoplight parrotfish - initial phase


Brain coral close-up


Goatfish


And now for the hawksbill. I try never to chase wildlife for close-ups, and certainly didn't chase this guy. I've never met such a curious sea turtle. He was coming right up and checking me out.

Ric Grupe

That Goatfish shot!!! WOW

JenGrace

That reef was full of both goatfish and yellowtailed snapper which have similar coloration. You'd look around and see nothing but yellow...pretty cool. :cool: Thanks for commenting.

Harryb

Excellent images Jen, very nice work. I've always wanted to try some underwater shooting. I was snorkeling in the Virgin Islands last year and wishe dI had a camera with me then.

dlplumer

Wow, great shots Jen.

EarthDog

Awesome shots I especially like the Goatfish and the last few Hawksbill shots. Just being that close to a Hawksbill would be a thrill for me! My one and only attempt at underwater photography was with a disposable camera, and it produced exactly that... disposables.

Maestro

Absolutely fantastic. The hawksbill is amazing. I love the color in these images.

JenGrace

Harryb wrote:

Excellent images Jen, very nice work. I've always wanted to try some underwater shooting. I was snorkeling in the Virgin Islands last year and wishe dI had a camera with me then.

Thanks, Harry. I love my little WP camera. :biggrin:

JenGrace

dlplumer wrote:

Wow, great shots Jen.

Thanks, Dan. :cool:

JenGrace

EarthDog wrote:

Awesome shots I especially like the Goatfish and the last few Hawksbill shots. Just being that close to a Hawksbill would be a thrill for me! My one and only attempt at underwater photography was with a disposable camera, and it produced exactly that... disposables.

Thank you! I've used the disposables in the past. The Olympus was definitely worth the investment for the quality I get.

JenGrace

Maestro wrote:

Absolutely fantastic. The hawksbill is amazing. I love the color in these images.

Thanks for checking out my pictures, Stephen. :cool:

LouwPhotography

Thanks for posting these! I like the 2nd to last one the best of the hawksbill. The way it's front legs are positioned is very cool. Great job! Where were these taken from? I tried looking at the thread but didn't see it... but then again it's pretty late.

JenGrace

Thanks for looking! These were taken in Key Largo.

Giphsub

Awesome Jen I love the turtles. They are such sweet animals to swim with, aren't they?

JenGrace

Thanks, Mike! This one certainly was nice enough. Most of the hawksbills I meet are pretty shy.