Cowfish

What were you using for the underwater shots?

Thanks everyone. I kind of had to fake the water with lots of cloning+bandaid tool, but it worked out eventually.

vic, my underwater camera is a Canon powershot A720 IS with an underwater housing. I just got a strobe recently, but it was bright enough that I never used it - all the shots are taken in natural light at exposures around 1/120 - 1/600.

Some more (mostly) underwater shots from southwater caye.

I really want to live in this house:


Mangroves!


worm


if only the pufferfish was in focus!


more puffers




fish and stuff









dad, fishing, as always


the catch (shortly released, of course)



Flower anemones in the shallows:




this one has a fish hosting it!




anyone recognize it?

wow those are really cool!

Golden Line Goby

Awesome pics Jamie!

Thanks!

animalmaster - Is this what you were referring to?

http://reefguide.org/carib/sharknosegoby.html

If you compare markings closely, they aren't quite the same - the fish in the anemone doesn't have any white on it - all of the sharknose gobies have just one yellow stripe, then a white belly. Also - the fish in the nem has a black dorsal fin, not clear like in the link. Apologies if that wasn't the fish you meant.

Finally got around to the rest o' them Belize pictures. All above water from here on out.

a few vertical pano attempts:

cenote


this river flows about 500 feet from the cenote...


into this cave



cool tree


jungle plants






















cave: actun tunichil muknal. We had to do some crazy climbing to get deep into this cave where the artifacts were. No ropes! The cave was used for sacrificial offerings.
















a little wildlife




back on southwater caye










That's it for Belize!

sweet,
i've been to that same cave with the calcified skeleton. it's effin cool

Yeah, it was sweet. the guide gave us this really detailed and gross description of all the ways they tortured people. Like, ripping their spine out while they're still alive and stuff. Very interesting, especially when the dead people are right there in front of you!


Back in the pacific northwest, we had a very eventful trip to the beach.



I might have gotten some better night-shots, but I was actively being circled by a coyote (not frightened by my shouting, or even singing out of tune!), and I didn't want any bites.





Local fauna


strong east winds blew bunches of ladybugs onto the beach





most exciting, however, was the humming bird that turned up injured in our driveway. He was looking pretty bad, but we brought him inside and fed him sugar water every ten minutes. His condition was much improved by morning, but he still couldn't fly, so we brought him back to Portland and gave him to the Audobon society bird hospital. they said there's nothing structurally wrong with him, and they're not sure why he can't fly, but they're keeping him warm and well fed on special hummingbird formula, so hopefully his condition will continue to improve.

Meanwhile, I took pictures.

offering him a flower dipped in sugar water


yum!


in a tupperware


from above

You lucky bastard.

Nice shots as always. I need to learn/be taught how to make those cool globe circular photos.

scroll down to the 'guides' section:
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...t=0&start=0

It was in the 70's here yesterday, and all the bugs came out! Much fun was had.

Beach trip! It was generally cold and rainy, but there were a few sunbreaks.

wet rocks






sunset approaching


seagull/crab sequence













facing shore: cloudy


facing the ocean: sunny!


neahkahnie mt


big rock


aforementioned friend on big rock


nems


snails


water dripping off a rock




succulent


these are popular here


panorama (I wish the sky wasn't blown out :/ )



Me and my friend hiked really far out on the rocks, and found a really old-looking anchor(or something anchor-like) and chain.


Close-up (chain links are approx 10 inches long)

Wow. Your photos are AWESOME!!!
Very impressed. You also have very nice places to shoot.

Thanks! And very true - oregon is beautiful, and belize was awesome.

ribbit

Hummingbird, snails, frogs

beautiful stuff. the skull in the cave is amazing, lol.

thanks! I went out in my yard again today in search of the frogs, but couldn't find them. Maybe tomorrow.



Thanks! Yeah, the whole cave was pretty freaky.

schools out! back in the yard again

bees








not bees






deer


amphibians

more bugs, more macro!

Deer salamander and frogs in your backyard???

Also, what macro lens again?

I have a good backyard.

For macro pictures I use lens extenders, usually with my 50mm f/1.8.

You must have a big one????!!

Ahh cool. Well nice regardless

Bugs!

It's technically only 1 acre, but it backs a 12 acre forest that's not allowed to be developed, so we have lots of deer/coyotes/owls etc. The baby owls just fledged a few weeks ago, and I've been trying to get pictures but they spook so easily!



We've finally been having the weather for them!

Took a drive out to The Dalles a few days ago, finally got around to uploading these.

I love the Dalles! Nice blue belly skinks! Have you even been to the John Day River?

Of course! I think I rafted it, but that might have been the Deschutes. I've definitely been there though.

Awesome! I don't know if you are a fisherman, but it is the one of the best places in the U.S. for small mouth bass fishing. Also, you should check out the narrows, it is several miles upstream from where it enters the Colombia, but the Narrows are beautiful.

Well you just sparked my memory - I went on a family fishing/rafting trip on the John Day a few years ago and we fly-fished for bass. My dad is obsessed with fishing, so he heads out that way all the time, but he ususally leaves at four in the morning (or earlier), which is a little too early for me.

Revisiting water drops:

Those water droplets are sweet, I need a dang macro lens....grrr

Ooooh, very nice.

I use this... cheaper than an actual macro lens.

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&c...ved=0CDcQrQQwAg



thx

Just ordered myself a little graduation present. Starts with D and ends with 90.

new cam isn't here yet (due either friday or monday) but more pictures, because we had a visit from the owls!

on the deck


I has feet...


we has feet...



d'awwwww


siblings (fledged about a month ago)


wha's that?


ohai!



After I terrorized them for a while, one of them called their mom over. When she got there, I promptly ran inside because apparently they attack people who get near their babies. So cute though...

Ahh cool thanks! I am gonna be getting a telephoto lens before august, and that may be another addition to that



Nice! Congrats on graduating, where are you going to college?



Awesome new pics!!! I love owls, my favorite are burrowing, but I hardly ever see them anymore ( ) Haha I have heard the same thing about them attacking! Wow your house seems pretty awesome, I may have to my way over there next time I am in Oregon

college = Pomona, which is in socal, and I'm super excited for the nice weather (among other things).

yep, I love my yard . You can try to sneak in if you want, but my house is protected by my puppy, who just so happens to be a

Nice! What do you plan on majoring in? Weather, plus beaches

It looks awesome! I think I really like it because it reminds me of my cabin

Ha, puppies love me, we will unite, and he would help me sneak in...duh.

They don't have a marine bio major, so probably just biology. Maybe minor in art/photography or creative writing, not sure yet.

Ahh very cool man. I plan on majoring in marine biology as well

clear night at beach+camera = wet feet and a new picture! Exposure is only twelve minutes. This was around midnight, but the sky was pretty bright for some reason, which made longer exposures problematic. Bright moon I guess.

new camera came in just playing around, trying to figure things out.

Cool cool

hooray for double update!

part 1: tidepooling adventure last weekend. Couldn't collect anything, so took pictures instead!

lots o' kelp


Shore crab basking on a rock.


lady bug, barnacle


xanthogrammica


feather duster


ochre sea star


marsh


definitely not raining...


beautiful ecola state park!




Part 2: a few shots from around my yard.

Staged frog with flowers. (I only got a couple shots before the frog made a rapid exit into the bushes)


Bee


Dragonfly. Amazingly, he let the camera lens get to within about one inch of his face before he flew away. He kept coming back to the exact same spot, too. I guess he was willing to brave the paparazzi to guard his territory.


thanks for looking!

Omg. Congrats on the new cam, love the owl shots! And



WIN

Thanks I need to stage more animal shots... it's just hard to get them to cooperate!

Well, I haven't updated this thread in a long time, but I've still been taking lots of pictures. I've finally gotten through editing most of them. Here are some older ones, bees from my yard, and a red-legged frog we found on a hike.













more recent photos coming soon!

I just got back from our almost-yearly family reunion in North Carolina. It's the first time I've brought a camera with me, so it was quite fun to be in such a different environment.

distant storm


skink


anole


grasshoppers




beach on Bald Head Island












fiddlers






gulls


I know they say not to feed the animals, but...





back in oregon,, brought the underwater camera out surfing

somone who is much better than me at surfing. also, some weird water-droplet lensing


wipeout!