[robdamanii]

Since the connection here is SLOOOW, I only uploaded a few of the pics I've taken. A bunch of dives, and these are a few of the better pictures.

French Angel

Schooling Blue Chromis

Flamingo Tongue Sea Snails

Lettuce Sea Slug

Black Grouper

Russian Frigate #356

 

[DaveW]

Nice pics.

Where is that?

 

[robdamanii]

Nice pics.

Where is that?

Some are from Cayman Brac, some are from Grand Cayman.

Without looking, I can only tell you that the grouper and Frigate are from Cayman Brac.

 

[greenchris]

rob that's awesome! I went scuba diving for the first time last aug when i was in cancun

 

[macko]

wow, that's ****in' cool! what battle ship is that?

 

[sunny]

wow.

those are amazing photos!

 

[binary visions]

Nice pictures! EXIF has been stripped... is that an underwater housing for your Olympus SLR? Can't remember, you said you had an E-1 right?

Underwater flash/strobe, too, or just a spotlight of some kind?

Cool pictures whatever the setup was

 

[MudGrrl]

Very cool.

Am jealous.

 

[Da Peach]

Those a incredible pics. Mucho colourful. I like the lettuce sea slug!

Hey, not to spam, but for all those interested in underwater life:

http://www.beautifuloceans.com
Learn something. And oh yeah, buy Hope.

 

[robdamanii]

wow, that's ****in' cool! what battle ship is that?

Russian Frigate #356 or M/V Keith Tibbetts.

Nice pictures! EXIF has been stripped... is that an underwater housing for your Olympus SLR? Can't remember, you said you had an E-1 right?

Underwater flash/strobe, too, or just a spotlight of some kind?

Cool pictures whatever the setup was

Actually, it's not the E500 in a housing. The actual housing is about 1K, and strobes on top of that would push the bill closer to $1800. This is actually a purpose built Sealife 3.1 MP digital in an underwater housing with a wide angle lens and various macro lenses. Strobes are a pair of Sealife Digital flash units.

Those a incredible pics. Mucho colourful. I like the lettuce sea slug!

Hey, not to spam, but for all those interested in underwater life:

http://www.beautifuloceans.com
Learn something. And oh yeah, buy Hope.

Definitely no spam there.
Website there is pretty cool man.

 

[goofy]

WOW awesome pics

 

[Cooter Brown]

Nice Rob!

 

[stosh]

no treasure no care!

 

[dogwonder]

Damn man, I am so jelous. Reminds me of the time I went diving in Hawaii...

 

[moff_quigley]

My vacations suck compared to that...nicely done.

 

[McGRP01]

Amazing pics Rob...nice work! I got PADI certified in 1986, but never kept it up and have only been diving a couple times since. It is truely a whole different world down there....

 

[Rip]

You should have eaten that sea slug.

 

[jonKranked]

hey rob you get to do any lobstering? i think they're still in season.

 

[Toshi]

nice pics, rob.

 

[Trainwreck]

Great pics Rob.

 

[bluebug32]

lobster

 

[robdamanii]

More:

Nurse Shark:

Spotfin Butterflys:

Juvenile yellowtail damsel:

Green Sea Turtle:

Diving at Atlantis:

Trumpetfish in some deep coral:

 

[dogwonder]

That shark is so cool...damn I'm jelous. Keep 'em coming.

 

[BigMike]

Thats awesome!

I wanna go diving!

 

[jonKranked]

rob, have you been seeing any dead nurse sharks? I saw a bunch of both live and dead ones when I dove the Florida keys back in march. Kinda unnerving, and very sad. They are beautiful creatures. See any giant morays?

 

[robdamanii]

rob, have you been seeing any dead nurse sharks? I saw a bunch of both live and dead ones when I dove the Florida keys back in march. Kinda unnerving, and very sad. They are beautiful creatures. See any giant morays?

No dead sharks, and not many live ones for that matter.

We've seen a couple morays, and one big bastard today (7 foot or so) free swimming over the reef. Hope the photos came out. I'll post a few more shortly.

 

[robdamanii]

More photos from earlier in the week.

Some kind of large crab:

Arrow Crab:

Another butterfly:

Spotted Trunkfish:

Very small juvenile spotted drum:

Large Nassau Grouper checking out a baitball for lunch:

Silversides:

Orange vase sponge, bristle star, and fairy basslet:

A pair of Striped Grunts (I think, hard to tell from the angle):

 

[jonKranked]

No dead sharks, and not many live ones for that matter.

We've seen a couple morays, and one big bastard today (7 foot or so) free swimming over the reef. Hope the photos came out. I'll post a few more shortly.

Morays are beautiful, but still sorta ugly. When I was 14 I came close to losing part of my arm to one (another 7 footer) that was under a wreck off Key Largo. We kinda startled each other, and he was more pissed off at me.

 

[robdamanii]

Morays are beautiful, but still sorta ugly. When I was 14 I came close to losing part of my arm to one (another 7 footer) that was under a wreck off Key Largo. We kinda startled each other, and he was more pissed off at me.

Hrm. I know there's one in the Keys named Kermit. He's a big mother.

What wreck were you down on?

 

[jonKranked]

Hrm. I know there's one in the Keys named Kermit. He's a big mother.

What wreck were you down on?

Can't remember the name of it, it was like 8 years ago. It was a wide, low cargo ship in maybe 30~40 feet of water. Nothing super special but it was first (and only) wreck dive.

 

[Total Heckler]

Those were some sweet shots dude. Looks like a lot of fun. I did some scuba in the great barier reef in australia a couple years ago. Its amazing.

 

[robdamanii]

I'll have some more tomorrow sometime...maybe. If not, the following few days will bring many photos.

 

[robdamanii]

Time for a whole bunch more. I had lots of time in the airport so after I bought some booze, I sat and resized photos.

Grey Angel:

Mr. Barracuddie:

Rock Beauty:

Parrots, damsels, and grunts:

Secretary Blenny:

Grouper:

Pair of Raccoon Butterfly fish:

Small cleaner shrimp (which will give you a manicure at 60 feet):

Adult Spotted Drum:

Reef squid (the photo really doesn't do the colour justice)

Wrasses at a cleaning station:

Yet another friendly grouper:

Caribbean Lobster (or dinner on the hoof for you seafood junkies):

Green Turtle:

A bloody HUGE green Moray eel:

Shy Hamlet defending his coral stand:

Guns of Frigate #356:

Radar tower of #356:

Looking up on the radar deck:

 

[valve bouncer]

Love the pics of the Canadian navy there Rob. Lovely job though really, you'll have to get yourself over to Queensland so you can visit the big daddy of all coral reefs.

 

[robdamanii]

Love the pics of the Canadian navy there Rob. Lovely job though really, you'll have to get yourself over to Queensland so you can visit the big daddy of all coral reefs.

I'd LOVE to get over to the Barrier, but that's a hell of a plane ride. Maybe someday I'll make it there.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

wow, that's ****in' cool! what battle ship is that?

From Google search:

Sunk off the shore of Cayman Brac this 330 foot long Russian Type-II Class Missile Frigate with an overall length of 330 feet and a beam of 42.6 feet, was once part of the Soviet Union's Atlantic Fleet. ... The boat was re-christened the "MV Capt. Keith Tibbets"

 

[hooples3]

awesome pics rob.. thanks for sharing!!!!!
How long have you been diving for?? what level are you up too??

 

[robdamanii]

awesome pics rob.. thanks for sharing!!!!!
How long have you been diving for?? what level are you up too??

I've been diving for about 4 years now. I'm Advanced Open Water, Nitrox and Drysuit certified currently. I'm looking to add Search and Rescue, Advanced Nitrox, Trimix, Tec, and Wreck to the list sometime in the future.

Would be nice to take the Divemaster test as well.

 

[robdamanii]

And above water:

Welcome to Hell!

MoJo was the Diveshop's mascot. She was quite friendly.

 

[splat]

Nice Pics Rob.

What caused #356 to go down ?