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My Olympus C-5050, wide-angle lens, Inon D-180s strobe and shooting in RAW format has definitely brought my photography to a new level.

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Rukan Atoll - 30 July 2011

Not sure what it is but the yellow dot is unusual

Bolo Pt. - 5 June '11

The 1st part of the hike back to the parking lot

Maeda Pt. - 5 June '11

The slightly rare, all black (meaning no red or orange), anemone fish. I've heard it's indigenous only to Okinawa.

Another armada of Japanese snorklers floating over us.

Keramas Is. -10 Oct. '10

Another awsome Keramas Is. Dive. Our new favorite dive company is Doug Bennett and Reef Encounters.
The bottom of Doug's boat. It says -Crazy Gaijing-. It does make it easy to identify at a crowded dive site.

The bottom of Doug's boat. It says -Crazy Gaijing-. It does make it easy to identify at a crowded dive site.

After the movie these were rare. Now we see little -Nemos- all the time again.

One of the biggest anemones I'v ever seen. 4ft accross.

Is it still a drft dive if there is no current?

Sue is NOT harrassing the clownfish. She's pointing out interesting details that she will explain later.

Leo taking a pic of me, taking a pic of him.

Then she swam over to this guy who was twice as big. Hopefully Chrisse got some good shots. I was out of air.

Keramas Is. -3 Oct. '10

Big Morey eel with cleaner shrimp on his face

Maeda Point - July '10
Kadena Steps

2009 Dives

The illusive Longfin Spadefish. I chased him for 5 min to get this shot.

Kadena Steps. 2 Nov. 2008.

Gary went out with Karin and Chrisse. We saw some interesting critters.
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Karin and classic "Scuba Pose".

This is just before the little one darted out and bit Karin's finger.

Kadena Steps. 26 Oct. 2008

. Gary went out with Meg and Rita. We saw lots of critters this time.
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Meg and Rita. This was Rita's 6th dive!

Same old nudibranch but a little bigger.

A really big (3 ft?) Crocodile Needle fish.

Crown-of-thorns starfish munching on a coral

The Karamas Is. 5 Oct. 2008

. Out again with Southern Dave. It was a bit of a trip out to Tokashiki Is.(2 hrs) but we saw more fish than anywhere else around Okinawa.
That's Jill IN FRONT of this coral head. It was huge!

The Pinnacles. 8 June 2008.

Out again with Southern Dave. The water was all the way up to 77°! The sea snakes are out. We saw 6 or 7.

Shark Island. 26 May 2008
Our first trip out with Southern Dave. Thanks to Bugsy for the above water shots.

Dave found this giant school of Jacks(?). Each one was 1.5 ft.long!

Bugsy and Kathryn Siegel's Sayonara Dive Trip. Mark's Reef (Runway Lights). 17 May 2008
Thanks to Bugsy for the above water shots.
Giant (20") Crow of Thorns Starfish.

The best reef we have seen in Okinawa! Incredible coral!

Okuma Dive Excursion - 22-23 Sep 07

there is a nudibranch in there somewhere.

There are lots of huge coral fields around Okuma

11 Nov 05. Wale Shark Dive- Off Torii Beach. One is 14ft long. The other is 24ft.
Karin "gettin' some tail!"

Karin in foreground watching him go by again

Random Photos

Chrissy, Jill, Karin, Kathryn - 1 km out from Kadena Marina

Giant Nudibranch! See Alan's hand in the next pic for perspective. Maeda Pt. 10 Mar '04

Giant Nudibranch! See Alan's hand for perspective. Maeda Pt. 10 Mar '04

Decorator Crab - Junkyard. We saw 5 this night!

A big crab(1 ft.Shell) - Junkyard28 May '04

Mating Cuttlefish - Karamas Is.29 May '04

A big Spanish Dancer Nudibranch(1 ft.) - Junkyard28 May '04

Crown-of-Thorns - Kadena steps31 Oct '04

Anemone with Clowns - Kadena N.5 June '05

Coral Close up - Kadena North 5 June '05

Featherduster Worm - Kadena N 5 June '05

Giant Trident's Trumpet- Junkyard 23 Sep, 2005

Juvenile Bi-colored Parrotfish- 1 km out from Sunabe Sea Wall 31 Dec 2005

Leaf Scorpionfish. Kadena Steps 10 May 2006

Another Anemonefish. Kadena Steps 10 May 2006

A Tiger Cardinalfish with a mouth full of eggs. Kadena Steps 10 May 2006

New soft coral. I haven't seen it here in Oki before (2005). Kadena Steps

Spectacular nudibranch. Kadena Steps 10 May 2006

Translucent Nudi. Kadena Steps 10 May 2006

Very large & orange Feather Star. Kadena Steps 10 May 2006

Gary taking pics on a dive at The Pinnacles 25 June 2006

Karin on a dive at The Pinnacles 25 June 2006

Larry & Andria with us on a spectacular dive at The Pinnacle 25 June 2006

Another spectacular dive at Heido Point, Okinawa 30 Aug 08

A Phyllodesmium longicirrum on Andria's hand at Water Treatment Plant 8 Aug 08

Sea Fan Valley at Heido Point, Okinawa 30 Aug 08

Karin in the Deep Blue at Heido Point, Okinawa 30 Aug 08

Karin and her snorkel buddy at Tokashiki Is. 10 Sep 2006