Underwater Photography - Turtles and Porcupine fish - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

[cgipson1]

Comments welcome!


Turtle 1 by CGipson Photography, on Flickr


Porcupine Fish by CGipson Photography, on Flickr


Turtle 2 by CGipson Photography, on Flickr

 

[hopdaddy]

Fantastic Work ,Charlie ! Heading to look at the additional post .

 

[coastalconn]

Love the detail in the porcupine fish!

 

[cgipson1]

Hopdaddy,

Thanks! It was some great diving! Did you see the Nudibranchs? I was glad to finally get some decent shots of the little critters!

Coastalconn,

Thanks... there were more puffers and porcupines in Banderas Bay than I have ever seen... anywhere! It was a blast!

 

[Trever1t]

Man, those are crisp and clear shots. A Hawk's Bill turtle...I tried to ride one once....hey did you know their necks can really reach around to the back of their shell?

 

[ShooterJ]

Very cool... nice work Charlie. Sounds like it was a blast.

 

[BanditPhotographyNW]

Is a Porcupine fish related to a Puffer?

 

[cgipson1]

Man, those are crisp and clear shots. A Hawk's Bill turtle...I tried to ride one once....hey did you know their necks can really reach around to the back of their shell?

Thanks, Bill... I had fun! Yep.. and they can bite if they want to, also! I have seen one cut a sucker fish clean in half.

 

[cgipson1]

Very cool... nice work Charlie. Sounds like it was a blast.

Thanks... it was some lovely diving!

Yep... I ate al Pastor tacos until I could barely walk! Love Mexican street food!

 

[cgipson1]

Is a Porcupine fish related to a Puffer?

They are in the same order Tetraodontiformesm, but different family! Porcupines are in the family Diodontidae and puffers are in the familyTetraodontidae.

 

[ronlane]

If that was a hawk's bill, I sure wished you'd have brought his shell home to me Guitar picks for life, lol.

Beatiful pictures of the turtle (which I think is technically a tortis.)

 

[hopdaddy]

Hopdaddy,

Thanks! It was some great diving! Did you see the Nudibranchs? I was glad to finally get some decent shots of the little critters!

YES SIR! ....Charlie , I don't just look at your photos ,......I study them, LOL This set is extremely well done ,and very clear, too . Unless someone actually is a Diver ,I don't think they can realize what it takes to get a photograph of the face,of a creature ,underwater . Seeing as this massive animal with all kinds of bubbles and light flashes is chasing the lil guys around the reef, tends to be a frightful sight too them.........lol . You've done well yet again ,you should be Proud !

 

[cgipson1]

Hopdaddy,

Thanks! It was some great diving! Did you see the Nudibranchs? I was glad to finally get some decent shots of the little critters!

YES SIR! ....Charlie , I don't just look at your photos ,......I study them, LOL This set is extremely well done ,and very clear, too . Unless someone actually is a Diver ,I don't think they can realize what it takes to get a photograph of the face,of a creature ,underwater . Seeing as this massive animal with all kinds of bubbles and light flashes is chasing the lil guys around the reef, tends to be a frightful sight too them.........lol . You've done well yet again ,you should be Proud !

Coming from a fellow diver, and photographer... thank you.. that does make me feel good! Nothing I would rather be doing than blowing bubbles! lol!

 

[hopdaddy]

Hopdaddy,

Thanks! It was some great diving! Did you see the Nudibranchs? I was glad to finally get some decent shots of the little critters!

YES SIR! ....Charlie , I don't just look at your photos ,......I study them, LOL This set is extremely well done ,and very clear, too . Unless someone actually is a Diver ,I don't think they can realize what it takes to get a photograph of the face,of a creature ,underwater . Seeing as this massive animal with all kinds of bubbles and light flashes is chasing the lil guys around the reef, tends to be a frightful sight too them.........lol . You've done well yet again ,you should be Proud !

Coming from a fellow diver, and photographer... thank you.. that does make me feel good! Nothing I would rather be doing than blowing bubbles! lol!

Sounds too me, YOU, like "Bottom Time " ,anyway you can get it ! .......................I'm Guilty ,too ! lol

 

[kathyt]

Hi Charlie! I am glad you had a good trip, and your shots are great. Love #2. Did you cry when you left Mexico, because I had a few tears in my eyes on the ride back to the airport. I could have stayed longer then 7 days.