Sailfish report from Isla Mujeres, January 2010

Sunshine and good weather today. Here's a couple of images from the day:

The sailfish is SO beautiful! Wonderful videos & pictures! The 2nd video w Tony Wu avoiding the sailfish, or rather the sailfish avoiding him, shows the magnificence of the predator! Looking fwd to more!

These are so outstanding images.

Thanks for sharing.

Markus

Great pictures!

Wish I was there!

Adam

We were skunked again today, but I managed to snap this photo of Eric in action:

We were skunked again today, but I managed to snap this photo of Eric in action:

 

I'm trying to figure out what part of Eric isn't included . . .

I love my double chin!!

your toenails look pretty bare! Looks like midget legs.

We were skunked again today, but I managed to snap this photo of Eric in action:

Was that with the 5D or 7D? I am guessing the 7D since it has quicker AF.....

thought that was a wedding ring for a second..

WOW now that looks cool....

Great stuff....

thought that was a wedding ring for a second..

You know the saying, "What happens in Mexico STAYS in Mexico!"

Tony and me packing up:

One frame every 2 seconds, Canon 5D2 with 15mm fisheye lens, around 1750 frames.

Tony and me packing up:

 

 

One frame every 2 seconds, Canon 5D2 with 15mm fisheye lens, around 1750 frames.

Very cool ... but how sad. Another trip done!

Smashing pics guys, thanks for sharing them with us

OK, this might make this page really wide. Sorry!

3D (cross-fused) video tour of Isla Mujeres from our golf cart, taken with dual Canon 5D Mark II cameras and Canon 15mm fisheye lenses. Special thanks to Sterling Zumbrunn for his help, and to Tony Wu for the loan of a 15mm lens. The color in the videos is different because Tony's lens is much older.

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There's a picture of the rig I used here:

http://echeng.com/journal/2010/01/24/3d-ph...non-5d-mark-ii/

January 20, 2010

Nice Eric, now all we need is a housing for it.

Guys, great report - interesting read - tough trip isn't it - hard on the legs and those sails are hard to find. I was there for 10 days last year and we had encounters on only 5 of the days.

Here is a link to some of the snaps...

http://nigelmotyer.com/page13.htm

Great shots and video, you guys that get in the water with this amount of danger must have balls of steel.

Stew

OK, this might make this page really wide. Sorry!

 

3D (cross-fused) video tour of Isla Mujeres from our golf cart,

January 20, 2010

Hehe! Thanks ... I did a couple a tours of the island in carts. I let a young Chez Chick drive one day and she blew up the engine (just coincidence). Hehe, so damned cute no one cared!