On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 08:51:45 +0800, Robert Delfs <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>I've just come back from four days diving in Puerto Galea.  Inspired by
>postings from Barry Lipman (and others), I tried using a converter with
>a diopter to shoot the pygmy seahorses.
>
>http://www.tabula-international.com/UW/PG3/Pyg1.html
>http://www.tabula-international.com/UW/PG3/Pyg2.html
>
>The results seem much more successful than my last efforts , at least
>to me.

Wow! What excellent results Frogfish :-) I think I should stop wasting film
& give up photography after viewing your macro work. Absolutely beautiful,
especially that pygmy seahorse.

I also luv the mantis shrimp pic. Stunning. Their eyes fascinate me &
sometimes when spotting one Ive spent the whole dive just sitting near
their hiding hole witnessing their antics while they pop in & out checking
me out. Ive even taken a small mirror down & placed it a short distance
away from a fish cleaning station just to sit & watch curious fish
attacking themselves in the mirror. Cruel eh :-)

Great stuff Robert ... I can just imagine what you will come back with from
PNG. Where exactly are you going there?
One day I will get to Irian Jaya .. the DM & current Manager of the Tufi
Resort in PNG use to work as a DM in Irian Jaya & he raves about that
place. One of his mates runs a tourist operation there and is very diver
orientated, especially for photographers so that place is now on my *wish
list* for a diving destination before I croak it.
Viv