a few more pics

the coral was huge

 

more =)

see the black tip ??

 

a few more pics

 

and more

 

and more =)

 

and the last few

 

i'm hoping a diving license and better camera will give me better pics. wish me the best of luck on my next trip to macro heaven in Sipadan ^.^

 

Wow, kitten_penang, these are great pictures! You took all of them yourself? I can't wait to see pictures from your next trip!

 

yup with a disposable camera "seriously bad idea lol" out of 3 rows of film i got only 32 pics that were worth printing.these are the few. but this wont happen again lol i'm bringing in professional toys for my next trip. just hope i'm good at taking pics lol

 

where in the world did this dive take place? some pretty amazing shots for a disposable, a nice clam, reef shark, theres even a sea cucumber in with what i thinks a grouper. alot of the coral does appear to be bleached though, which is a shame.

 

it's a marine sanctuary in langkawi called Pulau Payar. they don't allow any fresh water on the island but they do allow 100 people a day to visit it and that means 100 oily greasy bodies full of sunscreen lotion and that makes a whole lot of gunk if you ask me. too much chemicals and gunk are causing it to bleach. the black tip was over 5 feet and in the last pic is a huge old barracuda chasing a 5 foot or more black tip.
it was sleeping under the platform and i took a pic, the flash went off and it started to move and i totally froze in fear. din't know whether to swim away or just stay put.i thought i don't wanna be lunch and so i froze. not sure whether that was stupid but anyhow he swam away.:shock:

 

yea, i wouldnt have worried to much about a reef shark, but a mako, or great white and im jumping out of the water lol.

the problem with corals is, theyre on their way out in the wild. they say another 10-20 years and the reefs will be gone. to me, thats a shame. heat is one of the factors, pollution another and believe it or not, carbon dioxide levels according to this article http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/40175 i thought i had more links to support my claim, but its true.. and its happening. im sure a google search about corals dying in the wild would provide some hard facts.

and im looking forward to your next trip :wink:

 

i'm very much aware of that.i joined the wwf a few years back and i do a little home work on the local eco system and stuff nothing fancy just a hobby of mine. if you think only mako and great whites are bad see this.it was taken at pulau payar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TTABF0gGkw

 

i know barracudas can be nasty.. and theyre esp. attracted to anything shiny...

a moray eel is a scary thing too.. they have 2 sets of mouths. one to grab ahold of you and hold on and then another comes up from inside to tear your flesh. or how about a bite from a sea snake.
or how about octupi which there are youtube videos of them killing a shark, attacking divers and so on. they are very very smart too.

 

i know barracudas can be nasty.. and theyre esp. attracted to anything shiny...

a moray eel is a scary thing too.. they have 2 sets of mouths. one to grab ahold of you and hold on and then another comes up from inside to tear your flesh. or how about a bite from a sea snake.
or how about octupi which there are youtube videos of them killing a shark, attacking divers and so on. they are very very smart too.[/quote

lol you trying to scare me?? not so easy lol i brought home a sea snake once. olive sea snake if i'm not mistaken it had a paddle tail and seriously rough skin.my dad gave me the scolding of a lifetime ;-)

 

These are so cool! great job buddy

 

umm.. i'm not your buddy fren hehehehe taken off south park

 

Nice pics!

 

thanks :-D

 

Awesome pictures! I'm totally jealous!

 

you gotta ry it it's totally fun

 

umm california has good beaches but not sure bout coral.isn't it cheap to come here? the exchange rate is at 3.4 i think

 

California does NOT have good beaches. xD Have to go to Hawaii to see beautiful corals... which I've actually done a couple times.

And me and a couple buddies were actually thinking about heading to Thailand and Malaysia soon.

 

beautiful pics of the black tip shark......

 

thanks.magnificent creature indeed

 

visibility is at 15- 30 meters at deeper waters and 15 meters in shalow places.can you belive it???? heres anothe link to where you will be staying http://www.abctours.com.my/read.cfm?THE_ID=7

 

Oh mah gawd, they have Garden Eels there! A garden of 'em! I'm going now. It's on.

When is the only question.

 

happy holidays hehehe told ya it's worth it

 

?????? what those G have to do with photography?? i brought a camera but i couldn't buy the housing for it cause the housing is around 9k so i had to get one of those use and throw cameras.

 

Boy if I have ever seen an out of context post this would have to be it. I love takeing pictures of my family, friends, animals, and fish.

Posted by nathan786- "But of snapping of living creatures like animals and human beings in prohibited by God but you can snap the pictures of other living things like trees etc."

 

thats what i thought.some of his other post are just as out of context too. i wonder where he is from lol

 

LOL Yeah I agree I saw the other post were he said green water was good for the fish and I was like ok either hes from another country or a troll trying to cause problems. Hopefully he will stay around and we can help him see that green water is not good for the fish.

 

he's gone.... i bet he got zapped by the mods lol

 

way to go mods lol

 

How can you tell hes gone?