I was just sorting through some more pictures from my February trip and thought I would post a few more. Don't know whether this helps or worsens my PBD but it will have to do until I get my next Bonaire "fix."

Very nice Richard.

How big was the frog fish?

Really nice, Richard. Thanks for posting them.

Thanks for the pictures Richard.

Awesome pictures Richard.
Thank you for sharing.

Jerry,

The frogfish was about 3 inches long. I have been looking for one for years and this was the first I have found on my own.

Good for you Richard. I am still looking on my own.

Richard, we need more pictures! Thanks.

NICE shots! Unfortunately, makes my PBD worse

I just noticed that the fish in the first picture should have been identified as French Grunt.

Great pictures Richard. Thanks so much for sharing. Two months to go. Your pictures (and everyone else who has been kind enough to share)show that whatever is going (growing) on topside doesn't seem to have affected the spectacular underwater scenery. Thanks again, Skip

Great pictures! What type of camera where you using? I am a new diver and we will be in Bonaire in July. I completed my certification in Bonaire in Oct.

Amazing photos. How do you correct the pics to eliminate all of the particles in the water? In all of my dives, I never see every thing so pristine and clearly...... Just wondering.

great pictures!!!!!!! what did u say to the frog fish he looks scared?(HE HE)
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Deana, I use a Canon A630 camera with Canon underwater housing.

Gail, Unfortunately, backscatter is going to happen when you shoot without an external strobe. I try to minimize this by using underwater mode for anything beyond effective flash range (this mode shifts the ISO setting to avoid using the flash in most cases). For anything within three feet I almost always use manual mode and force the flash. When I have to shoot something with the water column in the background I do get backscatter. I clean this up using the healing brush feature of Photoshop. To avoid backscatter try to take pictures with some background coral behind your subject.

Is that reef squid eating a fish?

Richard,
Very nice images!

I believe the squid was just spreading its tentacles in that shot; don't think it had a fish. Come to think of it, I have never seen a squid eat.

Here are some examples of shots using the underwater mode (no flash):






















Here are some more examples of pictures taken using the manual mode:























Some topside shots:

Oh, now I am SO READY to get my camera back in the water again!!! Thanks for sharing all those great photos.

Most excellent shots Richard. A nice explanation of how to shoot with an internal. I live by those rules, the only minor difference is I have more of a tendency to use the flash, I have leaned no matter how many no flash shots I take, they almost always disappoint me. Get close, use the flash in manual is pretty much what I do.

I do like the white balance in the Canons a lot more than my Sony, I never get a deep blue. What is funny is I like the topside colors more in the Sony, weird.

Wow, great pictures! Thanks for sharing and thank you for the tips!

Amazing photos!!

Thanks for sharing, like picture post cards !!!!

Cecil, I take probably 90% of my pictures with flash forced and the camera in manual mode. That being said, most of my pictures are close range, many with the camera in the macro mode. Occasionally I want something that is further than my effective flash range so I use the underwater mode. If the range to my subject is greater than about three feet I don't want the flash to fire and create a lot of backscatter; the flash is pretty much ineffective at distances greater than three feet anyway.

By the way, thanks again for the great pictures you posted recently.

Nice pics. Thanks for posting. I like the eagle rays.