Great Barrier Reef WARNING LOTS OF PHOTOS!

edr42 · 11/26/2006, 05:15 AM

Went out for a quick trip to the reef the other day, (a good way to relax during the stressfull exam period).
These Photos are from Wheeler Reef out from Townsville, one of my favourite haunts.

(Christina peering at fish)

edr42 · 11/26/2006, 05:17 AM

Some More

edr42 · 11/26/2006, 05:18 AM

And More

And lastly, i dunno whether this will work, but this should be a movie of a small and amiable white tip reef shark.

virginiabreeze6 · 11/26/2006, 05:21 AM

edr, thanks for sharing. The pics are great.

bboyin4lyf · 11/28/2006, 05:48 AM

awesome pics. reef looks healthy

GMFett · 11/30/2006, 12:02 PM

SWEEET

ri · 11/30/2006, 07:16 PM

Nice pics... sure wish mine were that nice!

ri

mrferrit · 11/30/2006, 07:24 PM

wow i am so jelous i went through all 130 of them and wow thats so pretty and great camera skills.
what camera were you using and whats the max depth there.

edr42 · 11/30/2006, 08:39 PM

i'm using a canon IXUS400 digital with a WPDC800 UW housing. Someone nicked my strobes a while ago, so it was all done with available light.
The max depth was around 15 metres (50 feet). The visibility out on the reef was over 40 metres (120 feet), so i couldn't have asked for better contidions.

Wheeler is part of the protected "green zone" of the GBR marine park, so it is as healthy as can be, people seem to forget that the GBR is over 2,500 km long, so there are almost an infinite number of pristine undiscovered reefs out there if you look.

fishfanatic06 · 12/14/2006, 10:18 PM

Nice photos, I have always wanted to go scuba diving or snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef.

thor32766 · 12/19/2006, 07:37 PM

those pics are awesome.

melev · 12/20/2006, 04:57 PM

From a guy in Texas, I have to say thank you. That is such a treat. Can I get a link to the rest of your images?

gman0526 · 12/23/2006, 03:58 PM

http://s140.photobucket.com/albums/r...006/?start=all

CTS · 12/24/2006, 10:09 AM

Thanks for the pics and video. I will be in Mexico during Feb. and cant wait to go snorkeling there.

melev · 12/24/2006, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CTS
Thanks for the pics and video. I will be in Mexico during Feb. and cant wait to go snorkeling there.

Um....just in case...although I'm probably way off... this thread is about the Great Barrier Reef, nowhere near Mexico. It is off the coast of Australia.

CTS, are you heading to Cancun or Cozomel?

edr42 · 12/25/2006, 03:00 AM

I'm in the process of sorting out my photos on my computer (all 12,000 of them!) so there will be some more posted sometime soon. (oh, and merry christmas!)

homesidereef · 12/26/2006, 11:22 PM

KEEP THEM COMING!!!!SIMPLY AMAZING

Brewen · 12/26/2006, 11:29 PM

Awesome pics almost speechless thankyou for sharing.

Secondgen · 12/31/2006, 04:14 PM

Thanks for sharing, keep the pics coming. Thanks again, and Happy New Year!

vanleeuwen · 01/01/2007, 10:02 AM

Great,need to move !!!!!!

edr42 · 01/01/2007, 05:16 PM

Alright,
Heres some more from the same area:

Can anyone get a positive ID on this wrasse? The closest i can find is a checkerboard wrasse.

There are more on their way.........

edr42 · 01/01/2007, 05:21 PM

Some more:

This gives you some idea of the visibility.

More To Come...........

edr42 · 01/01/2007, 05:29 PM

Yet More Photos:

Anyone got an ID on this fish? It doesn't seem to fit any description, all i can think of is a juvenile/intermediate phase napolean wrasse.

This guy was pecking at my mask and trying to force me out of his territory! Feisty little devil.

There are plenty more if people want to see them!
Just let me know.

melev · 01/03/2007, 09:36 AM

Thank you for adding more to the thread. I've been telling everyone about your images - hope you don't mind.

rolling_g · 01/03/2007, 11:27 AM

lets see more .....I wish I was there right now with you , but I have to live in Chicago with the great weather .........

11/26/2006, 05:15 AM	#1
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Great Barrier Reef WARNING LOTS OF PHOTOS! Went out for a quick trip to the reef the other day, (a good way to relax during the stressfull exam period). These Photos are from Wheeler Reef out from Townsville, one of my favourite haunts. (Christina peering at fish)

11/28/2006, 05:48 AM	#5
bboyin4lyf Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: australia Posts: 239	awesome pics. reef looks healthy __________________ Education is the continual realisation of your own ignorance. 70g mixed reef. Current Tank Info: 10g Lps dominated reef, 70g softie/lps reef

11/30/2006, 07:24 PM	#8
mrferrit Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: St Petersburg Posts: 2,372	wow i am so jelous i went through all 130 of them and wow thats so pretty and great camera skills. what camera were you using and whats the max depth there. __________________ Dennis protector and keeper of the wonder dog (RIP) Oreo and the short bus dog puppy and crazy cat Gawain1974: make me want to take a weed wacker to my scrotum. Current Tank Info: Biocube 29

12/14/2006, 10:18 PM	#10
fishfanatic06 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 944	Nice photos, I have always wanted to go scuba diving or snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. __________________ What some reading entertainment? CHECK OUT MY BLOG!!!! Current Tank Info: Back at the hobby. 29 gallon mixed reef

12/19/2006, 07:37 PM	#11
thor32766 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chuluota, FL Posts: 6,072	those pics are awesome. __________________ "Live your life so no one has to lie about who you were at your funeral" click on my red house to see my tang compound! Current Tank Info: 29 gallon in Wall!

11/26/2006, 05:17 AM	#2
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Some More

11/26/2006, 05:18 AM	#3
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	And More And lastly, i dunno whether this will work, but this should be a movie of a small and amiable white tip reef shark.

11/26/2006, 05:21 AM	#4
virginiabreeze6 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 340	edr, thanks for sharing. The pics are great.

11/30/2006, 12:02 PM	#6
GMFett Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 264	SWEEET

11/30/2006, 07:16 PM	#7
ri Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Spencerport, NY Posts: 3,717	Nice pics... sure wish mine were that nice! ri

11/30/2006, 08:39 PM	#9
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	i'm using a canon IXUS400 digital with a WPDC800 UW housing. Someone nicked my strobes a while ago, so it was all done with available light. The max depth was around 15 metres (50 feet). The visibility out on the reef was over 40 metres (120 feet), so i couldn't have asked for better contidions. Wheeler is part of the protected "green zone" of the GBR marine park, so it is as healthy as can be, people seem to forget that the GBR is over 2,500 km long, so there are almost an infinite number of pristine undiscovered reefs out there if you look.

12/20/2006, 04:57 PM	#12
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	From a guy in Texas, I have to say thank you. That is such a treat. Can I get a link to the rest of your images?

12/23/2006, 03:58 PM	#13
gman0526 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,278	http://s140.photobucket.com/albums/r...006/?start=all __________________ "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." A.E. Current Tank Info: 75 G BB tank

12/24/2006, 10:09 AM	#14
CTS Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 132	Thanks for the pics and video. I will be in Mexico during Feb. and cant wait to go snorkeling there.

12/25/2006, 03:00 AM	#16
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	I'm in the process of sorting out my photos on my computer (all 12,000 of them!) so there will be some more posted sometime soon. (oh, and merry christmas!)

12/26/2006, 11:22 PM	#17
homesidereef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: LOS ANGELES,CA Posts: 158	KEEP THEM COMING!!!!SIMPLY AMAZING __________________ Balanced on the biggest wave, you race towards an early grave.... Current Tank Info: 60 gal, 20 gal sump, 20 gal eco system refuge, 220 gal skimmer, phosphate reactor, 18w uv sterilzer,1/10hp chiller, tunze streem 6100 with controler,two overflows, squid return on 1400 hh quite one pump, two 150w 14k hqi two 96w actinc

12/26/2006, 11:29 PM	#18
Brewen Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Santa Maria,CA Posts: 1,618	Awesome pics almost speechless thankyou for sharing.

12/31/2006, 04:14 PM	#19
Secondgen Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 132	Thanks for sharing, keep the pics coming. Thanks again, and Happy New Year! __________________ Thank God always! Current Tank Info: 50 Gallon Reef

01/01/2007, 10:02 AM	#20
vanleeuwen Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Gladstone NJ Posts: 102	Great,need to move !!!!!!

01/01/2007, 05:16 PM	#21
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Alright, Heres some more from the same area: Can anyone get a positive ID on this wrasse? The closest i can find is a checkerboard wrasse. There are more on their way.........

01/01/2007, 05:21 PM	#22
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Some more: This gives you some idea of the visibility. More To Come...........

01/01/2007, 05:29 PM	#23
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Yet More Photos: Anyone got an ID on this fish? It doesn't seem to fit any description, all i can think of is a juvenile/intermediate phase napolean wrasse. This guy was pecking at my mask and trying to force me out of his territory! Feisty little devil. There are plenty more if people want to see them! Just let me know.

01/03/2007, 09:36 AM	#24
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Thank you for adding more to the thread. I've been telling everyone about your images - hope you don't mind.

01/03/2007, 11:27 AM	#25
rolling_g Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Schaumburg IL Posts: 14	lets see more .....I wish I was there right now with you , but I have to live in Chicago with the great weather .........