Monday, May 11. 2009
SCUBA diving in Wreck Alley on Cooper Island, BVI
I have had a hard time with photography the last couple weeks. With our water colors, it has been quite difficult. I have found myself getting upset looking at my pictures afterwards, and they are so green and yucky. Tonight I had a moment of clarity. The reason they are looking green spotty and yucky is because the water is like that! So, until it clears up, I should just expect it, put up the pictures I have and move on instead of trying to figure out how to fix my pictures into clear blue Caribbean water in Photoshop!
I understand only 1 diver was in the water before breakfast at Cistern Point! But, most made it after breakfast and then for the wreck dive of the Beatta, before going over to Hallsover for lunch...I made some nice herbed focaccia bread! Yummy!!
After lunch we moved over for our next dive on the Inganess, and my first award winning shot of the day was someone's tank boot coming off...
The inganess is a dive that I have not done much of in the last 7-8 years, ever since a hurricane tore it apart it is almost like a "half a dive" now...This fish thought he was hiding from me...
Yep, this is what it looked like. In all fairness, there does appear to be some good fish life on it now....
Our other photographer, Harold, trying to shoot through the muck!
Not sure what Jennifer is doing here, showing us her muscles perhaps>
I do know what is happening here, it is napping and I quite like the way the beach towel was fashioned into a diaper!
The three girls look pretty sexy here off the back of the boat!
Nice look Lynn!
Poor Katherine is our only non diver in the group, but B took her on a snorkeling safari this afternoon!
We had a bit better viz, Janice coming down...
We went to dive the little "insurance scam yacht" off of Hallsover this afternoon. Underneath the ledge was a nice large Moray Eel, there always used to be many lobsters who lived there at one time, but they are all gone from the ledge!
Janice and the Moray Eel.. (eyes closed and all!)
Jennifer found a big old lobster over there though!
A closer look at the Moray,
an overview of the wreck...(and the still green ucky water!)
A very large Hermit Crab in his stolen home...
and then after 5 dives today for some, it was back to the boat for dinner. One brave soul is going for a night dive, Andy, the rest thought that painkillers sounded like a much better idea!
We are going to try diving Ginger Island tomorrow, here is hoping for a bit better viz!
I understand only 1 diver was in the water before breakfast at Cistern Point! But, most made it after breakfast and then for the wreck dive of the Beatta, before going over to Hallsover for lunch...I made some nice herbed focaccia bread! Yummy!!
After lunch we moved over for our next dive on the Inganess, and my first award winning shot of the day was someone's tank boot coming off...
The inganess is a dive that I have not done much of in the last 7-8 years, ever since a hurricane tore it apart it is almost like a "half a dive" now...This fish thought he was hiding from me...
Yep, this is what it looked like. In all fairness, there does appear to be some good fish life on it now....
Our other photographer, Harold, trying to shoot through the muck!
Not sure what Jennifer is doing here, showing us her muscles perhaps>
I do know what is happening here, it is napping and I quite like the way the beach towel was fashioned into a diaper!
The three girls look pretty sexy here off the back of the boat!
Nice look Lynn!
Poor Katherine is our only non diver in the group, but B took her on a snorkeling safari this afternoon!
We had a bit better viz, Janice coming down...
We went to dive the little "insurance scam yacht" off of Hallsover this afternoon. Underneath the ledge was a nice large Moray Eel, there always used to be many lobsters who lived there at one time, but they are all gone from the ledge!
Janice and the Moray Eel.. (eyes closed and all!)
Jennifer found a big old lobster over there though!
A closer look at the Moray,
an overview of the wreck...(and the still green ucky water!)
A very large Hermit Crab in his stolen home...
and then after 5 dives today for some, it was back to the boat for dinner. One brave soul is going for a night dive, Andy, the rest thought that painkillers sounded like a much better idea!
We are going to try diving Ginger Island tomorrow, here is hoping for a bit better viz!
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