Green Sea Turtles

windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
edited April 20, 2007 in Wildlife
geesh, just when i thought I was beginning to learn how to take a "decent" image - now comes Underwater Photography!
For this I gotta swim underwater, be still and take a picture!!!! :scratch:scratch

Anyway, I went Snorkeling for the very 1st time ever and I was amazed!!!!
i bought an underwater camera - Olympus 770SW.
Today we went looking for Green Sea Turtles.................


Location - The Island of Kauai

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Spotted about 50 yards out and 20 feet down..... Green Sea Turtle

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guess he got spooked and off he goes.......


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trying to hide...............

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and some fishy friends i saw this day also.......................

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troy

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  • RistyzRistyz Registered Users Posts: 58 Big grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Frist time snorkling and you got all those? How cool is that. Nice pix!
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Well....it's been a long time since I've been snorkeling.....but I'll never forget it. A whole other world, ain't it, Troy?

    Enjoy! :D
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Looks like a lot of fun Maestro! Nice shots! thumb.gif
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  • windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Ristyz wrote:
    Frist time snorkling and you got all those? How cool is that. Nice pix!


    thanx! yep, its my 1st time! ya gotta consider also that I took over 100 underwater shots and I only got about 12 keepers.... im showing the best of the bunch of course...


    troy
  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Very nice, Troy. I think that sea turtle is a young one; his back is very clean (not too many scars). I also really like the camoflaged fishy, because they're hard to spot and shoot once you find one! Great color on the boxfish.
    Chris
  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Congrats!
    Yep, that ratio sounds about right! We used to get the underwater film disposable cameras and I'd go through a bunch of them. I remember being bounced around, trying to follow my photographic subject and take well composed photos! It's loads of fun. I love snorkeling!
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited April 12, 2007
    Just an FYI: In Hawaii it's illegal to harass the Green Sea Turtles in any way as they are a protected species.

    That said they are one of my favorites and something I always look forward to seeing when I dive in Hawaii. There's a mystical quality to them especially when they look right at you.
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Coolness. The colors of all the salt water animals, reptiles, fish, mollusks, etc...always lend themselves to such good shots because of the colors. Very nice captures! My first time snorkeling was in Cozumel in the mid 80s and I saw tons of exotic fish, crabs, sharks, mollusks, etc... Too bad I didn't have a camera.
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Great shots! i'm scared of water, i can swim where i can feel the bottom, otherwise i'd panic. rolleyes1.gif I live in FL, it's a shame! But i have a really bad phobia about water, happened after i almost drawn in a community pool. ne_nau.gif
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2007
    cool setclap.gif
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  • windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2007
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Well....it's been a long time since I've been snorkeling.....but I'll never forget it. A whole other world, ain't it, Troy?

    Enjoy! :D

    thanx!!!
    its definetly an amazing experience and I now wish i never waited so long to try snorkeling......
    now i also wish i had one of those underwater housings for my dslr but they are really REALLY expensive!


    troy
  • windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    Great shots! i'm scared of water, i can swim where i can feel the bottom, otherwise i'd panic. rolleyes1.gif I live in FL, it's a shame! But i have a really bad phobia about water, happened after i almost drawn in a community pool. ne_nau.gif


    hows this - i cant even swim the correct way! i wont admit how many times i had to surface and hold on to a "floatie".....

    thanx!


    troy
  • JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2007
    I would love to get shots of a wild sea turtle some day! Great shots :D
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  • windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
    edited April 19, 2007
    JenW wrote:
    I would love to get shots of a wild sea turtle some day! Great shots :D

    thanx jenW,

    it was a lot of fun!!!

    troy
  • ShasocShasoc Registered Users Posts: 691 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2007
    Great captures. I've never tried underwater photography, but looks like fun.:D
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  • sskoutassskoutas Registered Users Posts: 437 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2007
    Very nice indeed... the turtles alone are a worthy capture.
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