Grand Cayman w/ Alex Mustard
Last weekend, Sarah and I visited Grand Cayman to do a bit of recon. and to also visit our new friend (and Wetpixel contributor) Dr. Alex Mustard (http://www.amustard.com). Despite the hurricane that passed over the island on Thursday morning, conditions were calm when I landed around midnight. My flight was delayed, but at least I got there...:-)
A cayman islands sunset, Seven Mile Beach, and a tiny triplefin fish
To view the complete photo gallery, visit: http://www.reefpix.org/gallery/album68
We got to dive with Giles (http://www.digitallywet.com) the second day for two dives and it was great to meet him too. We did two dives at Sunset House reef and 3 dives at Turtle Farm Reef. Conditions were still a bit "snotty" for wideangle, so I stuck to shooting the 105mm and sometimes the 105 with a +1 diopter. I haven't received a housing for the Kodak ProSLRn yet, so Sarah and I had to trade off using the Sea and Sea D100. That worked surprisingly well since we were shooting macro - whoever wasn't shooting was spotting for the other.
The topsides photos in this gallery were taken using the Kodak ProSLRn with a 24-85mm lens.
Again, diving with Alex was an awesome learning experience. He has a lot of time in the water with his D100 not to mention the fact that he has a doctorate in marine science. I think Alex is leading a trip or two this year, so if he has spaces available, I recommend snapping them up.
Cheers
James
