Over the holiday vacation, I traveled to Hawaii with my family, and in doing so, ticked off state number 50. My personal quest to travel to all 50 states has been completed (I'd been at 49 for about 3 years)! The trip was great, and one of the highlights was getting the chance to snorkel in the pristine waters off the coast of Maui. My dad and I purchased a crappy little point and shoot underwater film (gasp!) camera from a drugstore. I was really curious to see how the photos would come out. I've used these types of cameras in the past with marginal success, so I wasn't holding my breath. In fact, I've been shooting in digital, and with SLR's so long, I completely forgot how to work a point-and-shoot film camera! (wind,
then click...repeat) Out of the 6 shots I snapped during our encounter with a green sea turtle, 3 of them came out fairly well. I've posted them here for your enjoyment. The top photo was of a little bugger whom happened upon me, more than I happened upon him. He was coming up for air, so I swam a wide circle around him, and closed in for a photo once I was at his front side. The other two photos (below) are of another turtle who was gliding thru the water at about 2 meters in depth. Long live drugstore point and shoots!
Over the holiday vacation, I traveled to Hawaii with my family, and in doing so, ticked off state number 50. My personal quest to travel to all 50 states has been completed (I'd been at 49 for about 3 years)! The trip was great, and one of the highlights was getting the chance to snorkel in the pristine waters off the coast of Maui. My dad and I purchased a crappy little point and shoot underwater film (gasp!) camera from a drugstore. I was really curious to see how the photos would come out. I've used these types of cameras in the past with marginal success, so I wasn't holding my breath. In fact, I've been shooting in digital, and with SLR's so long, I completely forgot how to work a point-and-shoot film camera! (wind, then click...repeat) Out of the 6 shots I snapped during our encounter with a green sea turtle, 3 of them came out fairly well. I've posted them here for your enjoyment. The top photo was of a little bugger whom happened upon me, more than I happened upon him. He was coming up for air, so I swam a wide circle around him, and closed in for a photo once I was at his front side. The other two photos (below) are of another turtle who was gliding thru the water at about 2 meters in depth. Long live drugstore point and shoots!
No comments:
Post a Comment