Yellow Seahorse

Good evening boys and girls.  Ok, I am starting to feel a little guilty for always having so much fun but I just can’t help it!  Blame Aimee she’s the one that brought us here to this Caribbean play-pen!!!  Today I met Mark at the Dive Bus, that’s next to Breezes, and off we went in search of the new yellow seahorse that was spotted a few weeks ago!!  We were at 60 feet when I noticed a big red squirrelfish sitting inside a big red sponge and knew from experience that getting that photo would most likely be impossible!  Slowly I inched my way towards him and like expected off he went.  I figured what the heck Mark is looking for the seahorse still so I will just quietly lay here and wait to see if he returns?  I wasn’t there for more than a minute when back he came and rested inside the sponge again this time completely unafraid of my presence!  As time passed he got more and more used to me and I took picture after picture, so divers next time you see something cool and it swims off, just wait and I bet it returns, most of these fish are very territorial.  Moments after shooting my tame fish Mark signaled me, he had found the yellow seahorse!  I never get tired of these creatures they are so beautiful!!  We were only able to view this little sea treasure for just a few moments because they are usually very shy and do not like visitors with cameras and magnifying glasses!  The water was also very cold, 79 degrees, Marks hand was shaking so trying to get this shot proved to be nothing short of a small miracle, and yes folks 79 degrees is cold!!  The rest of our dive was spent looking for any and all other strange things that stood out from the reef, much harder than it seems!

Many months ago Tom, our best buddy in Tucson submitted photos of mine to the NANPA (North American Nature Photography Association) and to my disbelief they were selected as winning photos!?  You can see them and the other 97 winning images from 2008 here at this link, Tom also has photos in here as well.

http://www.nanpa.org/showcase_gallery.php

Mark and Suzy are on there way over to our casa for dinner this evening so I need to go, have a wonderful day tomorrow, see you soon, Barry

February 24, 2009