WETPIXEL Whalesharks - 2012

Alex, thanks again for leading us during the first week. It's been said several times already but one more time won't hurt.....this was an awesome trip! Going from never having seen a whale shark to being surrounded by them is an experience I won't forget.

Carlos

Awesome pictures Carlos, really love the black and white.

Tom

Very nice, Carlos.

Hope you're enjoying being home with the family and Jake!

Alex

I absolutely love pictures with mobula rays. Well done !

Despite being stuck on land for 3days during the 2nd week due to Ernesto, Nana and I still had an awesome trip

It was the 1st time she had seen whale sharks before - her expressions were priceless on the 1st day when the boat was surrounded by a few of them feeding.

Below is a quick timelapse of one of the many drives we took around the island during one of our land days.

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Catherine G sent this photos around the group from Week 1. I thought I'd share them here as she's not a WP member - as she's not an underwater photographer.

Her photos below, with her captions and comments from me - where in-jokes need explanation.

Where are these bsfish!!!!!?????

[Alex - note that before the trip we banned people from using the world whale shark on superstition until they had seen one underwater. The had to call them big spotty fish]

No,no,no THIS is our nightly consumption!!!

[Alex - actually there is rather a lot of light beer here]

Swiss national day!

[Alex - the Milk and Vodka cocktail was unforgettable!]

My personal best shot of a whaleshark!!!!

[Alex - Catherine is not an underwater photographer!]

The whole gang full of beans...

Tom, the swinger!!!

So what shall we eat tonite???

Above water magic!

THE flag!

What a miserable lot!!!

Our so very amorous leader!!!!

Our last view of the isla from the ferry!!!!! yezzzzzz the weather had changed dramatically!!!!

Hey there, Brian Lam here--I am new to Wetpixel but I got to go along on the Isla Mujeres trip. I wrote about my experience, in brief, on my site, The Scuttlefish and I posted some photos there, too. You might note that my shots are of fairly low quality. That's because I took them with an iPhone, most of the time.

Brian - I think that they are amazing! Do you have a photo of you iPhone in the housing. I forgot to take one.

I am still struggling to get through my images from this trip. Finally made a first cut edit down to 2600 to be backed up!

Alex

Awesome shots! Looks as though everyone had a blast! I love isla mujeres and was down there for a couple weeks earlier this summer as well. It was incredible!

 

 

Finally made a first cut edit down to 2600 to be backed up!

 

Alex

haha, ok, that sounds like my recent whaleshark trips too.. just something about these sharks that just makes you want to click click click!

Amazing images. Thanks for posting.