Photos of Bonaire

[AlidaDiver]

Hi!
Just thought I'd post a link to my photos of Bonaire, taken in January of 2006 and recently 2007.
It's a slideshow so you can speed it up to 1 second per photo.
Enjoy.
http://www.pbase.com/alidasphotos/bo...view=slideshow

[seasnake]

Beautiful. Thanks!

[Purpleturtle]

Thanks Alida for sharing.
You're pics have just relaxed me as I can get a bit hyper before a new trip.
I'm off to Bonaire on Sunday for the first time.

Have you seen this site

http://www.bonairetalk.com/cgi-local....cgi?pg=topics

Great for first timer planning and for sharing trip reports after.

[AlidaDiver]

Thanks Neil,
I always check that site before I go to Bonaire. They usually have the latest news!

[Sarah]

Great photos Alida!

[Scubajim]

Now I know what to expect when I get there next month

[Mar/Leigh]

You have a great eye for photography, it made wish I was back there again. We just got back from Bonaire two weeks ago and this is the best and funnest diving I have ever done. Would you mine me asking what kind of camera you have, I want to get my wife a new camera for her birthday next week. We currently have a Cannon with underwater housing that was okay in shallow depths but not all that good at 40' and below.

[PinayDiver]

I could almost smell the salt in the air! So that's the literal lay of the land, er, water too. I also peeked at your "faces" (there you are ) and "birds" (now there's even trickier timing) folders, you sure know how to seize a moment.

[AlidaDiver]

Thank you everyone!

The underwater camera is good but not for "serious" photography. You know what I mean...the kind of pictures that go into the fish ID books!

My underwater camera is the Canon s80 and is great for what I do underwater. I take snapshots and short video of what I see. I don't want to get serious about the underwater photography because it changes the way you dive. The s80 is point & shoot and is just for fun!

My land camera is the Nikon D200. The housing alone would be over $2000 and not what I want to spend or how I want to dive, so just for fun, it's the point&shoot Canon for me.

Thanks for asking....

You can see my Bonaire videos on my YouTube site:
http://www.youtube.com/AlidaThorpe

I'll be in Bonaire the beginning of November 2007 again. This time a paid assignment to take photos!

It doesn't get better than this......

Ciao!
Alida

[Tigerbeach]

Those are great pics; thanks for sharing them with us.
What was the vis like?
I didn't see much, but it might have been there...