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Cozumel March 2008 - Roger Southwick - 04-16-2008 We had the good fortune to spend 2 weeks in Cozumel last month. We noticed a lot more turtles than in previous years, and a lot of juvenile / intermediate fish -- someone thought it could be the natural breeding response to the hurricane 2 years ago. Here are some photos: Re: Cozumel March 2008 - Roger Southwick - 04-16-2008 Most memorable event: Watching this turtle eat a sponge, then having it swim up and land belly-first on the camera lens. Re: Cozumel March 2008 - Roger Southwick - 04-16-2008 We saw a marlin at the surface, which DM Jorge said is a "once in 4000 dives" kind of encounter. We missed seing the manta ray leap out of the water near our safety stop. But we did see plenty of spotted eagle rays, even on shore dives in front of the hotel (Caribe Blu): Re: Cozumel March 2008 - Roger Southwick - 04-16-2008 There were dozens of yellowheaded jawfish just off shore too... one even had eggs in his mouth but was too wary to be photographed. Others were more bold. Re: Cozumel March 2008 - Roger Southwick - 04-16-2008 See more pictures in the . Re: Cozumel March 2008 - LKunze - 04-16-2008 Awesome pictures as always Roger. Thanks for sharing them with us. Re: Cozumel March 2008 - rybonn - 04-16-2008 Great photos of the jawfish!!!Really enjoyed them. ;D Re: Cozumel March 2008 - Dano - 04-17-2008 Really nice pics! Are the jawfish the ones that dart into the sand? Re: Cozumel March 2008 - SCUBA Dog - 04-18-2008 Some great photos.....If you don't mind, what type of camera set up were you using? Re: Cozumel March 2008 - Roger Southwick - 04-19-2008 Thanks guys! To answer your questions: Yeah, they are pretty wary of divers, but eventually get used to you and come out, then dart around catching plankton. When they finally retreat, it's with a super-fast backwards swim into the burrow. It would be great to get video of these guys. Camera: Canon 300D Digital Rebel (the first one, so it's old & slow compared to new ones) Housing: Ikelite DSLR housing Strobes: 2 Ikelite 100A substrobes on the beefy Ikelite arms; slave sensor Lenses: Canon 100mm macro with flat port; Canon 10-22mm zoom with 6" diameter dome port I learned a few important things on this trip:
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