Quintana Roo

quintana roo - feb 08

Here, presented to you, the viewer, 40+ photos from last week’s trip to the mexican coastal state of Quintana Roo, nestled on the Caribbean side. Photos taken in Puerto Aventuras, Akumal, Playa del Carmen and Cozumel above and below water.

I got the chance to put the new Canon G9 through it’s paces with the underwater housing. Overall, it’s just really nice to be able to bring a camera into that underwater environment. Getting in to the water at Akumal, for a snorkel, wondering to myself why I had brought the camera and being presently surprised at the site of 10-12 sea turtles, huge schools of fish and 3-4 different kinds of manta rays. In Cozumel, we dove two amazing spots off of chankanab reef in the columbia area. Huge coral formations with spacious swim-throughs and rolling underwater sand dunes.

I have a few ideas floating around my head on the theme of tourists. you can see the beginnings of this project in the photos above. enjoy!

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davor said,

February 16, 2008 @ 4:36 pm

I see that you had lot of fun there.. we need to go 2, one day :(
which camera did you use for down water shooting? 5d? :)

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Robert W. (Vancouver, Canada) said,

March 16, 2008 @ 3:48 am

Great photos, Ed! I’ve been testing out my brand new G9 in Hawaii the past month. If I knew I’d be going underwater more often then I would have bought the housing too. Instead, I just bought one of those throwaway underwater cameras. The results weren’t bad, but nothing close to what you’ve taken.

There’s one thing perhaps you can help me with: How can I force the camera to focus to Infinity? This often is a problem if I’m shooting out to the sea. The photos often come back blurry.

By the way, congrats on the life change to Mexico. Sounds like you’re living the “4 Hour Work-week” lifestyle a la Timothy Ferriss. I’m determined to do something similar one day!

Robert

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