brill64 Posted July 29, 2013 Share #1 Posted July 29, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Off Moyo island in the Flores Sea & only a metre or so below the surface. the sea snake & scorpion fish are both poisonous but common. there were sharks looming also but too fast to capture besides being quite shy.. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/209748-d-lux5-snorkeling/?do=findComment&comment=2384925'>More sharing options...
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stuny Posted July 29, 2013 Share #2 Posted July 29, 2013 Brill - Lovely shots. Sea snakes do not attack humans, though I don't know what would happen if you chased one and bothered it. They are curious and will sometimes investigate you, but mostly humans are not even on their radar and they swim on. Scorpion fish are fine, too, just don't touch them. For that matter, touch nothing under the sea both for your protection and for the protection of the sea life. Just touching a reef kills all the tiny animals you've touched. BTW: The third image is a lion fish and they too will not bother with humans, though you don't want to experience the pain of touching their spines. Now that you've experienced some rather good snorkeling give serious consideration to getting SCUBA certification, but do not take a short, resort course - that's just enough to get you killed. Take the full course. Then return to Moyo and other Indonesian venues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl G Posted July 29, 2013 Share #3 Posted July 29, 2013 Excellent colors and very nice pictures. Love the Lionfish who has always been a favorite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted July 29, 2013 Share #4 Posted July 29, 2013 Lovely series with stunning colors of the sea life. The water looks amazingly clear. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iduna Posted July 30, 2013 Share #5 Posted July 30, 2013 Brill, excellent series with vivid colours and fine details, sharpness good. Well done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted July 31, 2013 thanks for the nice comments. I stuck to snorkeling. I stand corrected, Stu, a lion fish. He was very peaceful & static thankfully. I was the nervous one but I zoomed the camera at arm's length. I couldn't get close to anything because of the huge lifejacket I was wearing & paddled gently along the surface. The sea snake was a baby & too busy foraging to notice me. We were forewarned that they were poisonous if threatened when we saw some much larger, adult ones curled up in rocks out of the water. We were especially careful not to touch or startle anything, knowing only too well how fragile the environment already is. It was a very pristine, unique experience & the mid-afternoon light there was extremely bright! Even though, I preset the camera to manual settings before venturing out, with a high iso of around 640. Colour correction was in post as I don't have a proper filter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlemmer Posted July 31, 2013 Share #7 Posted July 31, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) impressive series Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted July 31, 2013 Share #8 Posted July 31, 2013 Beautiful images of a world we don't see every day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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