reefgirl64 8 years ago.On my way back at Cemetery, I was very close to shore when I saw this. I was coming back in with my husband. I kind of veered off away from him to go get the stash of beach glass I hid before going in.
Day 5
We went to Stingray Sandbar this morning. It was absolutely fantastic. My kids got to touch a stingray! It was such a fun experience for everyone. If you ask our 2 year old what you do with a stingray, he says, ?Pet it!? It cracks me up. They both do quite a good impression of them swimming. To make it even better, my father-in-law got in the water in the middle of the ocean! The temptation was too great for him to stay onboard.
A trunkfish!
Then we headed over to the barrier reef.
We went back to Cemetery to snorkel for beach glass during naptime. There was quite a bit! My mom took a Bonine-induced nap on the beach while we were snorkeling. She woke up to someone singing for a funeral!
We had kebobs and watched the sunset.
There is one more picture from the barrier reef. I’m trying to find out what it is before I post it. Check the Fish ID thread in the snorkeling section if you are a super sleuth!
So sorry I missed your question. You were right! You caught me in between cutting and pasting and I didn’t notice you stuck in the middle of my wordiness and inability to limit my pictures to a normal amount!
The camera I got was a Fuji FinePix A500. The housing is WP-FXA500. I didn’t know how well it would work, but the idea of being able to edit the pictures really appealed to me. Plus I got to take so many more photos. There are things I did not like about it. It has a pretty good lag time between shots if you use the flash. My Nikon is ready to go instantly, and I’ve gotten spoiled! However, being able to lay the camera down on the sand or throw it in our snorkel bag without worries made up for it. The only other complaint was that it was hard if not impossible to see the screen underwater. All that clear water and sunny skies are such a bother! The viewfinder was somewhat skewed by the housing. So most of the time I just held the camera as deep as I could and hoped. And I took multiple shots of everything. It was hard on the sunny beach sometimes, too.
I bought them both online before our trip. You can look around locally. I think the a500 is probably about to be out. I think there’s a 600 model now. You might be able to find a deal.
P.S. Rechargable batteries are a MUST!
scubachar,
Thank you so much for the compliment! I did some things that I think worked out great. I used the fine setting for the pictures. It takes up more space, but it’s worth it. I can crop things out that way without degrading the photo too much. I just downloaded them each night so I didn’t ever run out of space.
The other thing that was new to me was Photoshop. I haven’t ever used it before. It was really great on helping the underwater pics. The auto button sometimes made it look off. Most of them I had to do individually to see what worked best. The stingray pictures are pretty straightforward – shallow clear water, but photoshop still helped. The one below is probably one that was helped the most of the stingray pics….
Rumrunner,
We liked it there, too. We have very basic needs, so price is a definite decision maker for us.
I wish the boys really went snorkeling this time. They were getting much more comfortable in the water by the end of the trip. Maybe next time. I really hope we can get back.
Heidi,
Yes, they had a great time. Pictures always help, and we have plenty of them to go around! This is only a very small portion of what I took. I’m sure your kids still like traveling with you. And if they don’t, you can just take me!
Allison
[align=center] Add On Day 5 I had to add these in, because I am impatient.
