Had a very nice, first visit to Fiji and Volivoli this month. Although the water visibility was a bit meh, the reefs look to be in nice shape with the obligator explosion of color in the soft corals. Not a lot of the bigger critters but a fair assortment of nudis and smaller fish. I found I had a LOT of nice reef pics. Travel was fairly easy with direct flight from Dallas to Fiji, followed by a 2-hour van ride. Much more relaxed then trying to reach the outter reaches of Indonesia!

Camera is a Sony A7C, YS-D1/D3 strobes, 28-60mm/WWL-1B/CMC1, or Canon 8-15mm/Zen DP100 small dome.

That's a great set of images! Thanks for sharing!

I’d say you did very well, these are great images!

I’m planning a trip there in July. How did you like their dive ops and facilities for managing your camera gear? I know the resort itself gets good reviews.

17 hours ago, Troporobo said:

I’m planning a trip there in July. How did you like their dive ops and facilities for managing your camera gear? I know the resort itself gets good reviews.

Volivoli has a very nice camera room, secured at night, with probably 12-16 stations with plenty of room. Dive Ops was pretty good, but depending on how many are on the boat, it can get a bit crowded for sure. There's no pier/wharf, so they back the boats up at high tide, but use a small skiff to run folks to boats when the tide is out. The staff is also awesome and very friendly; I'd give high ratings overall to the entire staff.

Really nice stuff Jim! Did you use a dedicated macro, too, or wet close up lenses?

2 hours ago, humu9679 said:

Really nice stuff Jim! Did you use a dedicated macro, too, or wet close up lenses?

Negative, just the CMC-1 bayonet attachment on the 28-60mm kit lens. I wasn't anticipating a lot of macro so left the 90mm and port at home this trip.