Photo Album

Revised: Thursday, January 14, 2010
02:50 PM

Fish
	This is a picture of a large Black Grouper that accompanied me for the duration of my dive.  The dramatic lighting makes this one of my favorite pictures.  I took this photograph near the end of my dive as I was ascending to the dive boat.
	Here's a medium sized Red Grouper hiding among the corals and small Tube Sponges.  I like the colors in this photograph.
	This juvenile Tiger Grouper has fantastic markings.  I'll upload more pictures of him soon.  He spent a lot of time standing guard in front of a Green Moray Eel's home.
	A giant Jewfish is what I believe this is.  It was one of the largest of those friendly fish that I've ever seen, nearly as large as me.  Notice the little fish hitch hiking on its side.
	Nassau Groupers can become very large.  Here's a great example of one that obviously eats very well, rising up from the depths of a coral wall.
	Great Barracuda have been falsely accused of being aggressive "eating machines" second only to sharks.  These photographs lack the quality of some of my other photographs simply because I find it difficult to get close to these nervous creatures.
	Each of the Barracuda in these pictures was quite some distance from me.  Unlike the Grouper that allow me to come within inches to photograph them, the Barracuda typically flee when they see me coming with my camera.
	I wonder whether they are fleeing because they are camera shy, or if it's the sight of me that terrifies them!
	Here are a pair of Blue Tangs.  I find these creatures very attractive.
	This is a pair of Dog Snappers peering, curiously out from underneath some brightly colored corals and plants.
	Grey Angelfish are real hams.   Sometimes it's difficult to get them away from the camera lens.  This is a spectacular example of a Grey Angelfish swimming among some tube sponges.
	Another Angelfish, a Queen Angelfish is spectacularly colored.  Look at the crown on her head.
	I photographed these schooling Hatchet fish while exploring a cave.
	While in the same cave, I found this Spiny Lobster.  Normally they hide in holes during the day and are difficult to find.  They usually only come out at night.  This fellow is confused because he's in a cave and thinks it's night time!
	During a night dive is when I captured this Spiny Spider Crab.  Like the Lobster, he also likes to hide during the day, venturing out to forage for food at night.  My friend Andre' startled it and the crab darted at amazing speed in one direction while Andre' darted, at equally amazing speed, in the other direction!
	A pair of Blackbar Soldierfish are patrolling near their nest in this image.  These creatures are a lot similar to Squirrelfish.  They always have this look of amazement on their faces due to the size of their eyes relative to that of their bodies!
	I spotted this Spanish Hogfish while diving in Grand Cayman.  Look at the color of his eyes, they seem to glow orange.
	Here's a Yellowtail Snapper (top) and a White Grunt.  Yellowtail Snappers will sometimes escort a diver for an entire dive, following the diver around like a puppy.  I think they believe that anything as large as a diver must be a messy eater, and they think they'll get scraps when the diver decides to feed on something!

 

People
	This is my very good friend, Marc R., also a computer software developer and diver.  Here he's attacking some poor soul with his Stingray Alpha underwater video housing!
	In this picture, Marc R. and my student and friend, Mike A., are caught in fish infested waters.
	JoAnne M. is another student and friend of mine.  Here she's displaying perfect form (thanks to her instructor!).
	Here's Norm S., a friend and PADI Divemaster.  On this dive he's acting as divemaster leading students on a tour of a shipwreck on my behalf (I was conducting deep diver training during this particular dive).
	This is my friend and PADI Divemaster, Daria M., leaving a shipwreck.
	Here's Mike A. again, exploring a shipwreck.
	Norm S. again, with Mike A. leaving a shipwreck.

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