Underwater Pictures Photo Gallery by Scubalex at pbase.com

Underwater Pictures

My interest in Scuba Diving started in July 2004 as my wife and I went on a one week cruise to Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, and St. Maarten.

It was in St. Maarten we tried Discover Scuba. It was a glimpse into the underwater world and we just simply got hooked. Diving is an incredible experience we recommend it to everybody. It's a great escape from the daily grind, no cell phones, no traffic, just you and natures majesty. I hope you enjoy these pictures.This gallery contains pictures taken with a Reefmaster 3.3 mgpx. camera. The Reefmaster is a great entry level setup, although you wouldn't want to print any pictures beyond 8"x11" After purchasing my 20D, pictures came out much sharper and I can print to 30"x40". Shooting the 20D in its Ikelite housing is a little tricky. Factoring the effects of a strong current and maintaing good bouyancy to prevent from hitting a delicate reef, takes some getting used to. Nevertheless the experience underwater is always incredible. Many people do not realize how much beauty there is to encounter in the ocean.

For other great pictures from the deep, I would recommend you visit http://oceanicdreams.com/index2.html This site is spectacular, take a look and you will understand how I got hooked on Underwater Photography.

Also visit http://divingart.com/ This is my homepage where you will be able to order print sizes of my work.

Photographer with Hawksbill Turtle	Wide Angle shot of Christ of the Abyss	Diver reef.jpg	Minnow cave, Key Largo	World Famous Christ of the Abyss, located in Key Largo, Florida
Sunshine meets Coral	Christ of the Abyss	Fan Shadow in the Keys	Tiffany on reef	Little Nemo at home.
Our flag was still there....	This is a really big grouper	Very colorful reef..	Queen angel on reef	Goliath Grouper with Sharks and diver
The Odd Couple	Nemo 2	Purple Tang	Nemo	Turtle sufacing
Queen and friends	Abyss and beyond with Wifey!	Little guy looking for a bigger home.	Turtle	Speigel Grove Flag
Nice reef huh ?	Angel and buds	Under coral tree	Slates boat	Scuba Wifey
Bubble coral	Safety Stop	Diving down	Taking pictures at the Spiegel Grove	Diver with Reefmaster DC310
Scubalex previewing shots	Lookout buddy !	Giant Sponge	Blowfish is mad	Hi there Moray...
Passage	Being careful not to hit the reef	Coral	The Helm	Schooling barracuda at crows nest
School of jacks	Bigger school of jacks	Spiegel plaque	Follow the leader	Stairway to heaven
Fishy	Crows Nest	IMG_5080_1.JPG	School of Jack	Videographer
Jack	Flag in the distance	Three Amigos	More Jacks	Strobe in the Bubble
Diver waving	The tower	14 yr. old diver	Flag at an angle	Shiny
Little snappers	Barracuda up close	Looking for a neat Macro shot 6/25	World famous, Christ of the Abyss / Key Largo 6/25	World famous, Christ of the Abyss / Key Largo 6/25
Cross eyed groupy 6/25	Big guy 6/25	Diving in is great 6/25	Diver making bubble rings, try that one day.. 6/25	Bubble ring created by Diver 6/25
Zebras of the sea 6/25	Christmas trees 6/25	Angel 6/25	Large coral head 6/25	World Famous, Key Largo minnow cave/ no flash 6/25
World Famous, Key Largo minnow cave 6/25	One Million Minnows 6/25	Hungry grouper looking for minnows 6/25	Bikini Mommy/Tiffany

Goblishous13!!!!!		14-Nov-2007 17:23
wow those are domr great pics my favorite is the blow fish i have stepped on a dry one and AAHH!!!! it hurt like crazy!

Michael Adams		02-Oct-2007 15:10
Great underwater pics

legendz		22-Aug-2007 06:57
Excellent gallery

Bogdan Szadowski		22-Jul-2007 10:37
Stunning gallery. V

Anita Waters		12-Jul-2007 08:39
WOW! Wonderful gallery. I'm going to go through each one, they're beautiful.

Scotty Graham		11-Jul-2007 00:58
Nice work. There are only a few of us underwater photographers here on Pbase.....keep up the good work, and keep on diving!!..... Cheers, Scotty

Zainudin		10-Jul-2007 06:22
Great gallery and your photos are wonderful.

Sofia Solomennikova		09-Jul-2007 20:23
A very nice gallery of underwater life! Great work! V.

Marcos Rodriguez		08-Jul-2007 23:42
An exceptional gallery, Alex, GMV!

Dawn Pando		08-Jul-2007 01:21
Your underwater shots are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. v

Eddie Ling		07-Jul-2007 15:21
These are stunning shots! my vote!

Marwan Habib		07-Jul-2007 14:53
Interesting gallery and nice images. Thank you for sharing. V.

Guest		07-Jul-2007 06:53
Wow...the christ of the abyss and the bubble ring are absolutely spectacular

Aloha Diao Lavina		06-Jul-2007 12:00
Other-worldly and intriguing, this is full of images that elicit OOH and AAH. Amazing, and thank you for the link.

Cyrus Khamak		05-Jul-2007 15:57
Thank you for the inspiration. Love the colors and the captures in your gallery,V

NatalieV		04-Jul-2007 08:12
Stunning work here! Well captured - Voted!

Robert_Wang :-)		03-Jul-2007 13:57
It's really amazing gallery. Vote

danny_laredo		03-Jul-2007 11:16
Awasome work !!!! GMV

Carol Breton		03-Jul-2007 06:01
Such wonderful vibrant underwater scenes in this gallery. Very well done. Voted.

Guest		02-Jul-2007 23:59
These are wonderful!

flowsnow		02-Jul-2007 15:13
Thanks for the link. Indeed this is a very interesting gallery. Well done.

Mostafa Moftah		02-Jul-2007 10:16
Great underwater stuff, Scubalex.. ~Voted~

Barbara Read and Fred Schaad		02-Jul-2007 06:56
Wonderful collection of underwater photos. Thanks for sharing. V

Paula Couselo		01-Jul-2007 23:15
This gallery just blows my mind away... amazing shots, amazing place... just wonderful work. Voted!

FrankB		01-Jul-2007 23:15
Looks like great fun....I think I would have needed an earlier start! But I can wander around in here and use my imagination.....good work.....V

Kees Terberg		01-Jul-2007 21:14
Thanks for the invitation and yes, underwater photography is great. Unfortunately if you are surrounded by land and vineyards, underwater photography is restricted to the few occasions that we venture to the coast. In a way I prefer admiring the work of people like you who have mastered the art.

Rosemarie Kusserow		01-Jul-2007 20:57
Thasnks for your inviting to this beautiful and very interesting underwater pictures, I enjoyed, thanks for the link to oceanicdreams, really a spectacular site, your shots gmv, Rosemarie :o)

Jaime Gonz�lez		01-Jul-2007 19:57
Wonderful and outstanding shots here. You have a good eye to take photos. -V-

Didier GUILLEY		01-Jul-2007 19:37
really great shots ! voted !

Martha Albuquerque		01-Jul-2007 02:20
wonderful and very interesting collection~ v*

CIS		01-Jul-2007 01:18
Outstanding gallery collection and talent as a photographer!

Guest		15-Apr-2007 02:44
This is the best site i have evr been to look at some stuff underwater...get some more and i will be on here evryday looking...they are amazing pics....i just wanted to thank you for doing a GREAT job...keep it up!

Stella		06-Apr-2007 09:29
Very beautiful and nice photo!!!:-)

guru		06-Apr-2007 04:36
This collections are very nice and its focusing are very highlight

mahesh		31-Oct-2006 09:27
very beautiful

Osprey		14-Sep-2006 13:53
You have an outstanding eye for photography your pics are really awesome continue the great work, Osprey see ya in the deep blue.

pppppPete		14-Sep-2006 13:51
You have an outstanding eye for photography your pics are really awesome continue the great work, Osprey see ya in the deep blue.

jinjoo		18-Aug-2006 10:58
what an awesome photos!! congratulation guys!!

Richard Freeman		04-Aug-2006 10:35
Great underwater shots, beautiful water.....Well done. Kind regards, Richard

Osama Otoum		23-Jun-2006 15:54
You have some great photos, i loved the black Nemo,the big Grouper and the giant Sponge.Let us do some nice Photos together in Aqaba.

tom jones		22-Jun-2006 16:36
your missus is fit..... Any more pics of her?? bet you have fun with her

Guest		09-Mar-2006 03:19
Great gallery. Very nice composition. I also have a large ikelite housing and can understand the difficulty in taking these pics, especially if you aren't laying on the reef like I see so many "high end" photographers.

Guest		04-Mar-2006 17:09
i have snorkled and dived but never seen such a lovley view!! :P there is a whole new world under water !! : )

livvy		03-Mar-2006 23:41
thats SWEET DUDE!!

Guest		03-Mar-2006 23:39
wow those are relly cool pics

Andr� Claudio V. C. de Mendon�a		11-Jan-2006 11:01
Amazing!

Kathy Pedersen		02-Jan-2006 17:54
Fantastic Gallery of the underwater world. Your pictures are Amazingly brilliant, with such wonder and color. VOTE!

Azlin Ahmad		23-Dec-2005 09:25
Nice photos. I own a 20D, was wondering how it would perform for underwater shots, now I know! Thanks for the write up, very informative. Keep up the good work!

E Jay		01-Dec-2005 22:55
Love your pictures!:)

Luis		18-Oct-2005 04:56
Congratulations on your pics. A work of art.

yvettephoto		08-Sep-2005 00:46
nice pis...great camera!!! - Yvette :)

Emanuel		31-Aug-2005 07:22
Good Pictures! Emanuel . http://www.azeri.net .

Guest		21-Aug-2005 19:30
Thanks for sharing! Some of us will nevr be able to do this and it is great to see what you see!

lancelot		13-Aug-2005 19:21
I like the first pic the best ;)

cricketboy		13-Aug-2005 05:27
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Brussels Sprout		28-Jul-2005 22:54
Nice UW pictures. If interested please visit mines.

zian		25-Jul-2005 09:57
Not so easy to take pictures underwater. Here it's really fine. Congrats.

kersti		22-Jul-2005 19:52
Great gallery, really this is pece of art. I voted for your gallery, thanks for sharing.

Eric Kuhn		09-Jul-2005 03:39
Really great gallery! thanks for emailing me about it!

John Hastings		05-Jul-2005 20:23
Thanks for the additions - the works gets better and better. Well done.

Val Slavich		04-Jul-2005 17:30
Very nice pictures, great gallery, some pictures are amazing, exelent job. Good luck. Thank you for sharing.

Glen and the RI guys		02-Jul-2005 23:10
Sweet pics man, i am so jealous that we don't live down there man.

Emma		02-Jul-2005 17:49
Good Pictures! Emanuel http://www.azeri.net .

Roberto Aveleyra		01-Jul-2005 14:46
Great pictures,the blue is fantastic!

Jinder		30-Jun-2005 16:06
Wow I am truly Impressed! Awesome Photos, excellent colors, breathtaking

Guido Tramontano Guerritore		29-Jun-2005 08:19
Great gallery!! Gave me the feel of a real underwater trip

Steven Butts		29-Jun-2005 04:22
Fantastic gallery! I just shot my first scuba in Hawaii last week it was a blast. Keep up the great work!

Carole Scurlock		29-Jun-2005 02:11
Beautiful closeups. I passed your link on to a diver here at work. Carole

Carmen		28-Jun-2005 00:57
Great photos! Loved the colors and some of the images have a great framing.

Thomas		27-Jun-2005 09:39
Good stuff Scubalex, you have a winning gallery here. Something different with excellent quality images. Deserves it's location on the popular gallery list.

Tom		26-Jun-2005 23:59
Hello, my compliments for your nice photos! Please come see my photos sometime? Best regards, Tom from The Netherlands. ;-) http://tomjutte.fotopic.net .

Xavier Cortina		26-Jun-2005 14:21
Yours already was a great work and I think it's getting even better and more original. Congratulations again!

fotabug		26-Jun-2005 03:34
Very nice collection. You are braver than I am. I'm not that fond of getting out there, especially underwater like that.

leebase		26-Jun-2005 02:45
Wonderful...nice work. Lee (www.pbase.com/leebase)

Lee		26-Jun-2005 01:47
Very nice gallery. I'm speechless! Voted too!

audra baecker		25-Jun-2005 23:28
Wonderful work here! Amazing and Beautiful, vote!

Joseph Levy		25-Jun-2005 16:40
great gallery, thanks for sharing!

Sam Antonio Photography		24-Jun-2005 17:28
Thanks for showing me the underwater world! I live in San Diego and some of the best scuba diving I'm told is right off La Jolla. I'm more of a mountains and desert type of person and this is probably the closest I'll get to see this type of world. Thank you for sharing. Sam http://www.pbase.com/bircher http://www.picturetrail.com/bircher

George Hagegeorge		24-Jun-2005 05:34
This is an inspiring gallery. Fantastic colors. Thanks Scubalex

Photogenix		24-Jun-2005 01:38
Just one word...AWESOME. Thank you very much for sharing these incredible pictures with us. Looks like I need to start taking some diving lessons. VOTED. - RK

Theresa Wallace		24-Jun-2005 00:20
You have a good eye for interesting shots and you obviously enjoy wht you are doing. Keep on diving! Can't wait for my next dive trip.

eric st martin		23-Jun-2005 20:26
very nice gallerie good job i vote

Vittorio De Martino		23-Jun-2005 14:17
Great gallery! voted

PauloCGama		23-Jun-2005 13:24
this is not just a great gallery but a wonderful collection of stunning images, my friend. congrats & thanks for sharing. cheers

markvm		23-Jun-2005 11:48
You have some really nice images in this gallery! When one considers the light falloff when underwater it make these images even better! To get the color saturation that's in these images like you did just makes this an incredible gallery! Very nice!

Pauline Kittilson		23-Jun-2005 11:01
i love all of these underwater photos...and your new ones that you took on June 19th are all very nice. The underwater life is so pretty, and so beathtaking.

Linda Willets		23-Jun-2005 10:25
A outstanding view of another world most of us never see.Love the turtle photos.. voted.

Erik Alberts		23-Jun-2005 07:14
Overall seen you have very nice and interesting pictures! However to make the viewing of this gallery easier and more comfortable I would recommend you to change some of the settings: columns on '3' table width on '100' cell spacing '100' cell padding '30' Keep up the good work though! After all it's about the pictures, not the rest:-) I've seen almost all of your galleries now and they're very very cool!!

JazzyJess		23-Jun-2005 06:09
Wow you got a casing for your 20D?? How much was it? I just got my 20D, so i might use 10D for underwater....

Kevin Chan		23-Jun-2005 04:04
Nice cool work scubalex, I like the nemo the best, pls take more next time :) I used to keep marine fish before, and of course i keep nemo and coral too. I will keep visit here and keep up your good work! voted :)

seowfun		23-Jun-2005 03:57
Scubalex, your underwater pictures are very inspiring. All of them are fabulous. I will ask you about your setup when I have chance to do some underwater shooting :) Keep up the good work!

Hina Shimomura		23-Jun-2005 02:31
More Please!!!!

camms		23-Jun-2005 01:50
Your gallery is outstanding. How wonderful to be able to see what you saw during this incredible experience! Choosing a favorite is close to impossible but I am partial to the flag pictures and The Helm picture. GMV!

Isolde Peisl		22-Jun-2005 20:06
Outstanding gallery! Voted!

Doug J		22-Jun-2005 19:49
This is a great gallery, I really enjoyed the subjects and colors. I have'nt seen an underwater gallery this good outside of National Geographic! Please keep adding more images.

Groupe Rim		22-Jun-2005 14:12
Your gallery very fascinating ! And i cannot say any thing more only voted.

Dominic Kite		22-Jun-2005 12:57
Incredible gallery - I look forward to stopping past again in the future!

Wei -----		22-Jun-2005 02:26
Excellent gallery and experience. The underwater shots are really amazing. Voted.

Richard Armstrong		22-Jun-2005 01:51
Very good photos. Love the colors.

Ann LT		21-Jun-2005 21:57
Fantastic gallery!!! I feel like I was right there with you! :) Vote.

Antonis Sarantos		21-Jun-2005 15:13
Fantastic gallery Alex!!! So skilled and so artistic. Seems that you have a private paradise down there.

Trevor Edwards		21-Jun-2005 13:42
Amazing colours, great shots. Wonderful way of combining two hobbies. Gets my vote.

Trevor Edwards		21-Jun-2005 13:42
Amazing colours, great shots. Wonderful way of combining two hobbies. Gets my vote.

Dandan		21-Jun-2005 09:15
This is a stuning gallery! I especailly like those Nemo shots.

Gary Blanchette		21-Jun-2005 01:21
These images are remarkable! This gallery definitely gets my vote!

Xavier Cortina		20-Jun-2005 23:35
this gallery only gets better and better. congratulations. voted

Jaime Serrano		18-Jun-2005 00:22
Wonderfull and Excellent!!!.

erictjie		17-Jun-2005 23:42
I recommend you to In donesian waters for diving , you will be amaze by the variety of fish, corals and small stuff. Have yo seen 7 color of corals in the water , I bet you have not. try raja ampat. visit www.kararu.com

Emanuel		17-Jun-2005 14:28
Good Pictures! Congrulations! Emanuel http://www.azeri.net .

bucari		16-Jun-2005 01:32
Photography is my hobby and my equipment is only a simple compact digital camera. I'd like to improve my skills to earn extra money. Comments (good or bad but hopefully good), tips & suggestions from professional photographers, amateurs, & guests are very much appreciated. My trial account will expire any moment so please email me at jakemontero@hotmail.com http://www.pbase.com/bucari Many thanks for the space. Your pictures have become my inspiration. Enjoyed and voted!.

pda_pin		15-Jun-2005 20:50
Very nice gallery. Beautiful colors and interesting subjects.

Eldar Kadymov		14-Jun-2005 16:52
Some truly spectacular shots here, voted of course, visit my poor place of diving whenever you have a chance !

Art		14-Jun-2005 04:30
These are some great shots, one step closer to a housing!

Jean Ray		14-Jun-2005 03:49
This is just a superb gallery. Thanks for sharing your underwater world with us. I love the ocean and have thought of taking up scuba. It seems pretty incredible that you can remember all the stuff you have to stay safe down there and still concentrate on taking good photographs!

ak		12-Jun-2005 13:57
Very Good...I want to see under water same as u. I am from myanmar.

Eli Finkelstein		12-Jun-2005 01:22
Excellent gallery, technically very fine photos. Touching up the color balance using the channel mixer and levels control in Photoshop will add some zing to these.

UniqueImage		11-Jun-2005 20:51
I saw a lot of nice galleries .but yours is really great....and has so much variaty.. the colours are so vibrant...and the compositions unbelivable I have added you to my "favorit artists" and will be back here very often. I can see that you and I like the same kind of pictures - you are welcome to see my diving pictures too in my gallery called SECRETS and also in DEEP MAGIC, let me hear what you think... Great Diving!!!

Marisa D.L.		11-Jun-2005 12:08
"I'd like to be under the sea In an octopus' garden in the shade He'd let us in, knows where we've been In his octopus' garden in the shade" Great pictures, because of technique and creativity in subjects at once! All my congratulations and my little vote! Marisa

Guest		10-Jun-2005 19:45
Beautiful underwater work. I love it!

PauloCGama		10-Jun-2005 12:01
great gallery!! love it, just love it!!!

Karen Leaf		10-Jun-2005 01:26
This gallery is excellent! I'm getting a little narced just looking at them. What is your strobe setup?? Need to dust off my tank and BC. Kudos and thanks.

Alex Uch�a		10-Jun-2005 00:50
Outstanding underwater image gallery. Like this kind of shots!

ricecake		09-Jun-2005 23:25
Great gallery. It must have been a wonderful experience down there - thanks for sharing.

Coleen Perilloux Landry		09-Jun-2005 21:42
This is a great gallery and took a lot of focus and skill.

Richard Monk		09-Jun-2005 20:07
This is a really nice gallery - it holds some great underwater shots - well done.

gleb		08-Jun-2005 16:55
I am impressed, to say the least. Excellent stuff - and good for you for going down this path - there are very few underwater galleries around here - and yours certainly stands out. Voted - others should see!

		08-Jun-2005 10:43
Wonderful gallery. I've always dreamed of diving. It must an amazing experience....

C. White		07-Jun-2005 18:32
Superb gallery I especially liked Angel and buds. I wish we could do this in Minnesota again great job.

John Hastings		06-Jun-2005 17:32
Wonderfully evocative and skilfully captured � vote. Thanks for sharing.

lucas		06-Jun-2005 05:21
Great gallery! It makes me want to run out and try it myself. I can see from the other comments that I'm not the only one. Cheers, Lucas.

Bernard Tse		04-Jun-2005 16:52
Spectacular underwater images. Thanks for sharng.

JazzyJess		29-May-2005 19:53
Great underwater pics ! This is a rare find on PBase ! I miss diving, i am going down again when the weather is warmer. I am planning to learn underwater photography ! Thanks for sharing, vote !

Graeme		27-May-2005 23:48
This gallery is superb. Its truly amazing the beauty that be found beneath the waterline of the sea. Great stuff!!

Vikas Malhotra		27-May-2005 11:14
Incredible gallery, fabulous shots. Have only been diving once for 7 days and loved it; have to go back again now with a camera that works underwater. :-) Cheers, Vikas.

Fabienne		25-May-2005 17:30
You have a wonderful galery, your pics are very nice.

evans		25-May-2005 10:28
fascinating! not hard to see why you got hooked. :)

Alan Wilkinson		13-Apr-2005 20:57
Makes me want to don my gear and dive with you. Lovely shots. Alan

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