Great Barrier Reef WARNING LOTS OF PHOTOS! - Page 15

Apon · 10/18/2007, 04:44 PM

ok donation sent - good luck.

Apon · 10/18/2007, 04:49 PM

ok I sent donation. I hope this litttle bit helps. If you have any cool clam pictures can you send them to my email address. I will PM you the address. Thanks

edr42 · 10/20/2007, 05:17 AM

Thanks Apon!

Update on the weather; 3 metre swells and 25-30knot winds this week, so no diving for a while

On the plus side, the coral spawn is coming up soon, (30th or 1st) so fingers crossed that i can make it out for that!
Diving on the coral spawn night is one of the things on my 'to do before i die' list.

dougie · 10/20/2007, 07:34 AM

AWESOME!!!!!! love the pics, BEST Reef Central thread ever.

Thank you.

H.a.Z · 10/20/2007, 08:56 AM

Good luck on the coral spawn night!

95accord · 10/20/2007, 11:43 AM

WOW...very impressive!
i visted a reef in mexico and thought that was amazing....this would simply blow it out of the water! lol

edr42 · 10/24/2007, 06:03 AM

Nuts, boat fell through for the coral spawn trip. It's gonna be tough to organise anything now at such short notice.

KeeperOfFish · 10/27/2007, 08:04 AM

Your pics make me speechless, beauties....

What kind of jobs can you get with a marine biology degree?

Dyepes · 10/28/2007, 09:22 AM

I appreciate you sending me that pic I loved. I had it blown up to a 16X20 small poster size. It was pritned on glossy photo paper, so it is a 16X20 beautiful detailed photo. I just trying to figure out what kind of frame I want to put it in. Thanks again guys.

edr42 · 11/03/2007, 07:55 PM

Dyepes, i'm glad you enjoyed the photo!
Let me know if you're after any others and i'll see what i can do.

Coral spawn has come and gone for another year,

but there is the prospect of another visit out to Wheeler Reef on the 13th. I haven't got my camera yet, but i'm hoping that i can get my hands on one just for the day so i can bring home some photos for you guys!
I'll let you know how it all turns out.
(My recent luck with diving has been rather crap though)

KeeperOfFish, jobs in marine bio are kinda like hens teeth. You have to be very, very good, and rather lucky to land a good one. But they are out there, just don't expect a lot of money to be involved. We marine biologists are in it for the lifestyle and the love of the ocean.
Good Luck!

Questionmarc · 11/25/2007, 03:13 AM

wow looks like an amazing trip

MBZ · 11/25/2007, 01:21 PM

Thanks for sharing!

Mark

hawaiianwargod · 12/05/2007, 01:39 AM

edr42,

Nice Pics! I miss the the great barrier reef already....

Just got back from Austrlia 2 weeks ago...it was indeed a magical exprience. I can't wait to go back there again. Too bad I did not have a digital underwater camera..was only using those disposable ones.
I was at the Knuckle reef....beautiful place to Scuba or just just to snorkel. Corals and Fish were amazing!
Thanks for sharing awesome pics!

Regards,
J

edr42 · 12/23/2007, 02:05 AM

Ok, there's good news and bad news.

The good news is that i should have my hands on a canon powershot G9 & housing very soon, and there are pics and movies waiting to be posted. I am investigating the Inon range of strobes too, anyone have any experience with them?

The bad news is that my last 3 dive trips were cancelled with strong wind warnings (grrr!), so i never got out to the reef before coming back to sydney.
Also, my computer decided to eat its own hard disk a week ago, resulting in much anger and panic. Nevertheless, i managed to salvage almost all my data (and have finally resolved to get an external hard disk for my 25 gigabytes of photos!). It does however mean that i've been AWOL for a while, and will be for a bit longer, so if there are any unanswered PMs, that'll be why.

I know i'm resurrecting an old thread, but there will be new additions as soon as the apple guys can fit the new hard disk.

Stay tuned!

(P.S. a big thank you to everyone who helped out towards the new camera, your kindness will be re-payed with many more photos!)

Oldude · 12/31/2007, 10:02 AM

Thank you so much for sharing the pictures and creating this super thread. Love the pictures!!!
Well done!!!

lbaskball45 · 01/05/2008, 05:06 PM

Those were some great pictures! Thanks How were you able to keep so still? Because I know that it is very hard to stay still and take a picture in the water, not to mention if there are waves crashing. Definetly should submit some of these photos to national geographic or any other coral identifying books. How many MP was that canon camera that you took pictures with?

edr42 · 01/05/2008, 05:37 PM

Thanks for the comments guys!

All of those photos were from my little 4MP Canon IXUS 400. People with far superior cameras and set ups are always quite perplexed as to how my little beaten up canon always gets better shots.

The trick to getting still photos is in being very comfortable in the water, being 80 feet below the surface can also help with the waves though! Once you are at home in the water, then you can really focus on the shot, not what the waves are doing, or having to constantly adjust your buoyancy.

Sydney's getting a bit of a pounding from messy 10 foot + swells at the moment, so it may be a few days before i can compare the old IXUS 400 to my new Powershot G9.

baldomero · 01/06/2008, 01:36 PM

great pics its like im right there with you,keep em coming

ZooZ · 01/06/2008, 07:06 PM

simply amazing. Thanks for sharing all the photos edr42

TheGlassBox · 01/07/2008, 10:52 AM

Is it lawful to collect frags off the bottom? Probably not but man that would be an amazing reef tank, collected only from indigenous species, How easy are water changes

edr42 · 01/14/2008, 01:51 AM

Ok, i think its time to do some updates

My G9 is settling in nicely, and there are some nice pics starting to come out of it.
Here are some that i've taken over the last few weeks, all from Gordons Bay and Clovelly in Sydney.

edr42 · 01/14/2008, 01:53 AM

edr42 · 01/14/2008, 01:56 AM

edr42 · 01/14/2008, 01:57 AM

And my personal favourite:

Boo!

The uploaded pics really don't do the G9 justice, the quality on a big screen is incredible!

chris wright · 01/14/2008, 04:36 AM

Does your new camera come with any software to enhance the pictures quality. It will give people a better idea of the colours not represented in the raw photo's so to speak.

Nice pictures, I've talked to a few people who have dived around Sydney, and they recommend it. I now see why

Better go do a course and go diving

10/18/2007, 04:44 PM	#351
Apon Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,015	ok donation sent - good luck. __________________ Thanks, Arnold BAR Member Current Tank Info: 40 gallon soft coral reef/ 120 galon mixed reef tank

10/18/2007, 04:49 PM	#352
Apon Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,015	ok I sent donation. I hope this litttle bit helps. If you have any cool clam pictures can you send them to my email address. I will PM you the address. Thanks __________________ Thanks, Arnold BAR Member Current Tank Info: 40 gallon soft coral reef/ 120 galon mixed reef tank

10/20/2007, 07:34 AM	#354
dougie Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: NSW AUSTRALIA Posts: 607	AWESOME!!!!!! love the pics, BEST Reef Central thread ever. Thank you. __________________ Steve Irwin, still my hero, and never forgotten. Current Tank Info: 210 gal, 7x2x2, LED, mp60's. mixed reef.

10/20/2007, 11:43 AM	#356
95accord Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fredericton Posts: 623	WOW...very impressive! i visted a reef in mexico and thought that was amazing....this would simply blow it out of the water! lol __________________ when life passes you by....downshift Current Tank Info: Reef 2.0 - 45 Osaka cube

10/27/2007, 08:04 AM	#358
KeeperOfFish Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 142	Your pics make me speechless, beauties.... What kind of jobs can you get with a marine biology degree? __________________ 2.5 SW- reef 40 SW- reef Current Tank Info: mixed with everything

10/20/2007, 05:17 AM	#353
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Thanks Apon! Update on the weather; 3 metre swells and 25-30knot winds this week, so no diving for a while On the plus side, the coral spawn is coming up soon, (30th or 1st) so fingers crossed that i can make it out for that! Diving on the coral spawn night is one of the things on my 'to do before i die' list.

10/20/2007, 08:56 AM	#355
H.a.Z Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 110	Good luck on the coral spawn night!

10/24/2007, 06:03 AM	#357
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Nuts, boat fell through for the coral spawn trip. It's gonna be tough to organise anything now at such short notice.

10/28/2007, 09:22 AM	#359
Dyepes Moved On Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 272	I appreciate you sending me that pic I loved. I had it blown up to a 16X20 small poster size. It was pritned on glossy photo paper, so it is a 16X20 beautiful detailed photo. I just trying to figure out what kind of frame I want to put it in. Thanks again guys.

11/03/2007, 07:55 PM	#360
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Dyepes, i'm glad you enjoyed the photo! Let me know if you're after any others and i'll see what i can do. Coral spawn has come and gone for another year, but there is the prospect of another visit out to Wheeler Reef on the 13th. I haven't got my camera yet, but i'm hoping that i can get my hands on one just for the day so i can bring home some photos for you guys! I'll let you know how it all turns out. (My recent luck with diving has been rather crap though) KeeperOfFish, jobs in marine bio are kinda like hens teeth. You have to be very, very good, and rather lucky to land a good one. But they are out there, just don't expect a lot of money to be involved. We marine biologists are in it for the lifestyle and the love of the ocean. Good Luck!

11/25/2007, 03:13 AM	#361
Questionmarc Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York Posts: 9	wow looks like an amazing trip

11/25/2007, 01:21 PM	#362
MBZ Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 121	Thanks for sharing! Mark

12/05/2007, 01:39 AM	#363
hawaiianwargod Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 11 54' N, 121 55' E Posts: 1,836	edr42, Nice Pics! I miss the the great barrier reef already.... Just got back from Austrlia 2 weeks ago...it was indeed a magical exprience. I can't wait to go back there again. Too bad I did not have a digital underwater camera..was only using those disposable ones. I was at the Knuckle reef....beautiful place to Scuba or just just to snorkel. Corals and Fish were amazing! Thanks for sharing awesome pics! Regards, J __________________ "To be a successful reefer, one must master the art of mimicry" ~Hawaiianwargod~ [E] levated [L] evel [O] f [S] weetness Current Tank Info: 210+ - "G" Elos 160XL [~]

12/23/2007, 02:05 AM	#364
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Ok, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that i should have my hands on a canon powershot G9 & housing very soon, and there are pics and movies waiting to be posted. I am investigating the Inon range of strobes too, anyone have any experience with them? The bad news is that my last 3 dive trips were cancelled with strong wind warnings (grrr!), so i never got out to the reef before coming back to sydney. Also, my computer decided to eat its own hard disk a week ago, resulting in much anger and panic. Nevertheless, i managed to salvage almost all my data (and have finally resolved to get an external hard disk for my 25 gigabytes of photos!). It does however mean that i've been AWOL for a while, and will be for a bit longer, so if there are any unanswered PMs, that'll be why. I know i'm resurrecting an old thread, but there will be new additions as soon as the apple guys can fit the new hard disk. Stay tuned! (P.S. a big thank you to everyone who helped out towards the new camera, your kindness will be re-payed with many more photos!)

12/31/2007, 10:02 AM	#365
Oldude Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 4,479	Thank you so much for sharing the pictures and creating this super thread. Love the pictures!!! Well done!!! __________________ ______________________ Greg ~ June 2015 TOTM ~ ~ April 2010 TOTM ~

01/05/2008, 05:06 PM	#366
lbaskball45 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: los angeles Posts: 94	Those were some great pictures! Thanks How were you able to keep so still? Because I know that it is very hard to stay still and take a picture in the water, not to mention if there are waves crashing. Definetly should submit some of these photos to national geographic or any other coral identifying books. How many MP was that canon camera that you took pictures with?

01/05/2008, 05:37 PM	#367
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Thanks for the comments guys! All of those photos were from my little 4MP Canon IXUS 400. People with far superior cameras and set ups are always quite perplexed as to how my little beaten up canon always gets better shots. The trick to getting still photos is in being very comfortable in the water, being 80 feet below the surface can also help with the waves though! Once you are at home in the water, then you can really focus on the shot, not what the waves are doing, or having to constantly adjust your buoyancy. Sydney's getting a bit of a pounding from messy 10 foot + swells at the moment, so it may be a few days before i can compare the old IXUS 400 to my new Powershot G9.

01/06/2008, 01:36 PM	#368
baldomero Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: aguada,puerto rico Posts: 902	great pics its like im right there with you,keep em coming

01/06/2008, 07:06 PM	#369
ZooZ Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 694	simply amazing. Thanks for sharing all the photos edr42

01/07/2008, 10:52 AM	#370
TheGlassBox Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4	Is it lawful to collect frags off the bottom? Probably not but man that would be an amazing reef tank, collected only from indigenous species, How easy are water changes

01/14/2008, 01:51 AM	#371
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Ok, i think its time to do some updates My G9 is settling in nicely, and there are some nice pics starting to come out of it. Here are some that i've taken over the last few weeks, all from Gordons Bay and Clovelly in Sydney.

01/14/2008, 01:53 AM	#372
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355

01/14/2008, 01:56 AM	#373
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355

01/14/2008, 01:57 AM	#374
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	And my personal favourite: Boo! The uploaded pics really don't do the G9 justice, the quality on a big screen is incredible!

01/14/2008, 04:36 AM	#375
chris wright Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Orange Australia Posts: 835	Does your new camera come with any software to enhance the pictures quality. It will give people a better idea of the colours not represented in the raw photo's so to speak. Nice pictures, I've talked to a few people who have dived around Sydney, and they recommend it. I now see why Better go do a course and go diving