Rangiroa & Fakarava - Dec 2011

It has taken forever for me to get around to going through these. This trip was probably my favorite that I've ever done (upstaging even Palau). The big stuff, currents, and general scenery above and below was just amazing. As usual, constructive comments and criticism are welcome

French_Polynesia_12_2012-1063 by mcliffy2, on Flickr

French_Polynesia_12_2012-596 by mcliffy2, on Flickr

French_Polynesia_12_2012-50_moved_sharks by mcliffy2, on Flickr

French_Polynesia_12_2012-372 by mcliffy2, on Flickr

French_Polynesia_12_2012-804 by mcliffy2, on Flickr

French_Polynesia_12_2012-579 by mcliffy2, on Flickr

I find the lighting across the face of the shark in the 1st and last photo to be very pleasing. Love the lighting of the ray shot.

They all give a nice feel of being there.

Thanks for sharing.

that third shot sent a shiver down my spine in a good way

Thanks guys.

re: the third shot -- every dive in Fakarava was very sharky. On an "OK" dive you might "only" see 10-15 sharks here and there. On a great dive in Fakarava, you can easily see 300+ sharks. believe it or not, I actually photoshopped out 4 or 5 sharks in the third picture that were in odd positions compositionally...getting 50+ sharks to all pose at once is challenging

Thanks guys.

 

re: the third shot -- every dive in Fakarava was very sharky. On an "OK" dive you might "only" see 10-15 sharks here and there. On a great dive in Fakarava, you can easily see 300+ sharks. believe it or not, I actually photoshopped out 4 or 5 sharks in the third picture that were in odd positions compositionally...getting 50+ sharks to all pose at once is challenging

wauw....another place I need to visit :-)))

A few more:

French_Polynesia_12_2012-807-2 by mcliffy2, on Flickr

French_Polynesia_12_2012-1003 by mcliffy2, on Flickr

French_Polynesia_12_2012-637 by mcliffy2, on Flickr

Great shots! Love the grouper image.

Lee

Great shots! Love the grouper image.

 

Lee

Thanks much. Looking at it on the monitor of my work computer, it looks a bit dark....going to need to suck it up and calibrate my screen at some point.