Today's batch, about half way through them.

My favorite sunset.


Gobie and Coral


Peterson Shrimp

Another case where I shot the big one and found the little one when I got home.

Martine and Jean Paul getting in at the Small Wall.


Trumpet fish in coral.


Mother and daughter.

Cecil...I am speechless! That is an amazing sunset...even Michael concurs....I want that as my new desktop...PLEASE?????

Awesome sunset -- I'm not surprised it's your favorite!

Faith

Time for a BT calendar...

Wow, the sunset would be for June..sigh..lovely..such talent and such beauty..

Those pictures are beautiful! The colours are intense. The sunset is amazing! Thank-you for posting them!

wow- that has to be the best sunset EVER. And I have seen a few in various places!!!

Tonight's batch.

Martine in the middle of a Bonaire rush hour.

This was taken after we got in from above picture. The Blue Headed Wrasse were headed North and the other fish South.

Martine and Jean Paul up the wall.


This one's for Rusty. I think this is what Smokey really looks like.


Napolean near Charlotte's hole.

A not great shot of Charlotte.

When I was trying to get this shot, she went into her hole. Can't fool me I swam around the other side and caught her when she came out.

Sharp Tail Eel


Here's a couple of Groupers. Anyone guess the trick?

Cecil...once again, great pics Man, I was in my "stress packing mode" and just caught these...geez...the next 3 days at work are going to be MURDER! My plan was to check one bag, and then have a carry on and my "purse." Well, as Michael came in the bedroom and saw the "pile" on the bed...he was like..."check 2 bags, carry on the third and your "purse." After much trial and error...I conceded to his suggestion...sigh...I guess I better bring a lot of tip money for help with all the bags...or maybe take "one" pair of shoes out of the bag...I only have about 6 pairs in there now!

Cynde,

Why are you bringing 6 pairs of shoes to an island where you're gonna be barefoot 90% of the time??

LOL, Bob, they are all sandles...of different colors...a girl has to be color coordinated you know! I know I am taking too much, in my mind I was going to take my dive gear and a couple pair of shorts and t-shirts...decisions decisions

Nothing beats flip-flops in basic black....dress them up....dress them down. (K-Mart $2.99)

Grouper trick? I have no idea, but those are two different fish, I can tell that much....

Love the growing gallery, Cecil!

Tonight's batch.

Some Yellow Goat Fish from the Salt Pier


Chain Moray


The next sequence has a story, while diving one morning I noticed some Conneys around a coral head. I went over and they had a small Golden Moray out in a coral head that was to small. His butt came out the back. They were beating him up pretty badly, when I got close the Conneys were distracted and the Moray hopped over to the next coral head that he could hide in.

When I first got there.


Facing down a Conney.


New home.

He's still quite pissed and that was as close as I got. Ingrate.

Cecil, great pics! I can't wait to get there and "observe" some of the stuff I have been reading in the fish behaviour book! I think it is the same fish, only different lighting...I looked at its markings, and they seem to be identical to me...ya gonna tell niki and I the secret?

You're kind-of right same fish, same lighting. When I swam by, he changed his colors almost instantly. So I took another picture. I didn't know Groupers could change so quickly. He went back to the light color after I passed.

Well, I'll be dabbed! Those are the same markings! I never saw one change that quickly either. :-)

The pictures are amazing Cecil!

Cecil, Ok, gonna have to get my fish behaviour book out and look up why groupers change colors...didn't know that either! Do I get a prize? How bout a trip to Bonaire?

You can go tomorrow, you have my permission. One requirement is to eat at the Lost Penguin and get their Eggs Benidict, to die for.

Thanks Cecil, I will take you up and get out of dodge tomorrow...looked up the grouper color change, and when they are moving from hiding place to hiding place, when they are courting, or feeling threatened...did you look like a nice big male grouper to her maybe?

Lost Penguin is on our list of places to eat...and Eggs Benedict sounds delish! YUM!

Chromatophores, and Chromatofives too. You will see many fish change color dramatically at cleaning stations,Groupers and barracuda may turn almost black, and you can then see whitish parasites easier and the cleaners see them better too. Fish also change to blend in when changing habitat, a slender filefish can instantly recolor when darting from soft coral to sea fan. There are many different reasons for color changes, including mating.


FROM ONLINE DEFINITION ENCYC. BRIT.
Coloration changes in individual organisms
Short-term changes

Adaptive colour change: (top) at rest the common octopus (Octopus …
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Most rapid colour changes are chromatophoric ones that alter the colour of the organism through the dispersion or concentration of biochromes. Emotion plays a role in such changes among some cephalopods, fishes, and horned lizards (Phrynosoma). When excited, certain fishes and horned lizards undergo a transient blanching that probably results from the…

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Seb, that is what I thought...the grouper saw Cecil and got excited and changed color...must have been his purple attire...

Nah, it was them fish belly white calves whut got him all het up.

ROTFLMAO!

Hey, I resemble that remark. I'll have you know that I've got a quite a tan going and have forgone panty hose for the forseable future (at least that's what the restraining order says).

Me red faced, not in this lifetime and given my sailor background even further from reality.

Speaking of unreal, here's tonight's batch.

An anchor off the Divi dock.


Fire Worm


Little Puffer


Red Banded Shrimp


Mr. Barracuda (that respectful kind-of Mr.)


and this one I call Nazi Arrow Crab.

Anybody guess why?

I wonder if all these anchors in the shallows are from vessels jettisonning weight to stay off the reef?

Heil!

Cecil, I was trying to correct your profile to show your new tan!

I saw three anchors while diving, this one that I had the impression they were placed there for decoration, or just to get rid of it. The one off Karpata looks like a classic lost anchor. The last was the anchor for the Hilma Hooker which was in place when she sank. You can follow the chain from the anchor to the ship.

Tonight's batch, small quanity but some good quality. These are some of favorite UW shots.

Spotted Moray and Buddy

Would have been my favorite if I had just a little more depth of field.

Spotted Trunk Fish


Peterson Shrimp


Scorpian Fish

This one is getting to be my favorite, juries still out.

Cecil,

The pic of the scorpion fish gets my vote.

Bob

All great...hard to pick a favorite! The eel and buddy are cute! A Bonaire Calender...we could go for a good run with that one...pic's of the year or just Bonaire talkers favorites.....Pose's at the gate per month......

The trunkfish is cute. Definately hard to pick a winner, all the pics are wonderful.