1 Mar 2016
Good morning, I think…
I mean, my ear is feeling better and one of our guides offered to let me use his camera for the next few days. Plus, I get to dive with Mark and Patti!
Today, we’ll be heading north to Santiago island:
Dive #3 – Bartolome
Before we splashed, I got a quick run down on my loaner camera’s settings:
It’s nothing fancy- just a compact camera in a housing like our other guide is using here:
But it’s better than nothing!
Mark doing flips:
Patti looking for fun fish:
and my new buddy, Ali:
Loaner camera does not have an external strobe- just a translucent panel to diffuse the camera’s internal flash, so colors are pretty much lost:
Shark silhouettes:
Chocolate chip seastar:
My mask seems to have sprouted a leak…
Our dive boat:
Pinnacle Rock, Bartolomé:
We spotted a penguin during our surface interval!!!
Galapagos penguin:
And another one!
Really wish I had my big camera with me!
We also found a sea lion:
A bunch of birds:
Birds and a seal!
Yup, definitely should have brought the big camera along for this surface interval!
Dive #4 – Cousins Rock
Spotted eagle ray:
Look how bumpy this Panamic cushion sea star is!
Little white-tip reef shark napping under a ledge:
He’s so cute!
Pacific creole:
After our dive, Mark found this tiny crab on his boot:
Today was definitely a good day. I saw so many new-to-me critters and even came away with some semi-decent pictures.