Today we dove at Vista Blue. We enjoyed a juvenile spotted drum dance show, it was fantastic! Wonder if those little guys ever get tired, they never seem to rest for a moment, turning, dancing, turning. And those dresses and flags..... Wish i had gills so i could stay until the end of the show.

And we were not the only ones watching the show, the best seats were already taken:

Beautiful photos, wish I had been there! Thanks for posting!

Gill...WOW...I love watching juve spotted drums too...hard to get a picture of them too! Fantastic shots, thanks for sharing

Very nice shots!

awesome shots ---THANK YOU for sharing! little baby drums are among my most favorites!

Thanks for the kind words. Grasshopper you're right, hard to get a nice pic, most of them turn out like this:



or this:



....they're to fast for me, but as long as you make sure you have enough to choose from (buddy thought i would never stop taking pics) you might have one like this:



well i'm off, fishes are waiting

Really nice, you have a talent here.
Thank you.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

Very nice pictures, thanks for sharing them. Turtle looks like he's posing for the camera!

-David

One of our favourite subjects, nice shots

Great pics! What camera outfit are you using?

Whirlwind

Thanks, I'll say it with a pic again:



I'm a simple man, using simple equipment

I like diving and taking pics the 'Cecil' way.

now that i read it..... i don't say you are simple too, Cecil. But you probably know what i mean

Thanks Gills I took it as a compliment. We are lone voices in the wilderness of external strobes. They have no clue what they are missing and the freedom of being a diver who happens to take photographs vs. a photographer that happens to dive.

huh?

i'm not sure but i THINK i ought to be respectfully disagreeing;)

then again the proof is in the pics;)

later,

Hee Hee Cecil two free holidays in Bonaire by using an external strobe doesn't make me feel too bad.

What rocks your boat is ok with me as well. Lets dive to enjoy what we see.

All the above with tongue firmly against cheek. Brian how did you get free holidays in Bonaire with an external strobe? I do realize any money spent on external strobes goes straight to the terrorists, what do they have a frequent flyer program? Three skyjackings and the forth is free.

so you took those without an external strobe? have you ever had a problem with backscatter? i'm getting a digital setup with a housing for my next trip...i have two external strobes from other setups and was thinking of using one but if the canon does ok with its own strobe then i won't worry about it.

Pat - I had very little backscatter with my internal flash on my sony digital....

Hi Pat, yes i took these without an external strobe. No problems with backscatter when the water is really clear or when taking macro/close up photo's like the ones above. When the water is less clear (like now, stronger wind and more wave action) and you're not close enough to subject or taking reef scenes you will have backscatter. Also, without an external strobe the colours will not come out that good when taking reef scenes. So i always try to get close to my subject:

Wow!