Big Blue World

Photo Copyright 2014 by Barry Fackler

green sea turtle                                             Chelonia mydas

Sea Spirit

Copyright 2014 by Barry Fackler

green sea turtle            Chelonia mydas

Underside

Photo Copyright 2014 by Barry Fackler

green sea turtle            Chelonia mydas

Dark Reef

Photo Copyright 2014 by Barry Fackler

green sea turtle                 Chelonia mydas

At the Shorebreak

Photo Copyright 2014 by Barry Fackler

Hawaiian green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas

Turtle Bedtime

Photo Copyright 2013 by Barry Fackler

This green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is entering an underwater cave for a nap. When sleeping or resting, a green sea turtle can stay submerged for several hours on a single breath. However, when active or stressed, time submerged is greatly reduced. Greens can reach up to five feet in length and weigh up to 700 pounds. So now you know!

I Won! I Won! I Won!

Photo Copyright 2013 by Barry Fackler

The Photo above won the SeaLife Camera Photo of the Month contest. My prize is a SeaLife Mini II camera. I'm pretty happy because I don't usually win contests. Just thought I'd share. Have a nice day!

A Couple of Photos I Really Like

Obviously, I take a lot of photos and I'm pleased enough with many of them to share them on the internet with you. While they may be technically "good" usually they're not anything particularly special to me. This past weekend, however, I got a couple captures I really like...

Photo Copyright 2012 by Barry Fackler

For over a month I've been regularly visiting a group of six juvenile moorish idols that remain in the same general spot on the reef. Like many fish, they get skittish when approached and scatter and disappear within the coral. Over several dives, I've taken hundreds of photos of this group with only a few decent results. But on Saturday, I got this image of three of the idols in good position over the coral with gentle early morning sunlight filtering into the frame from directly behind. Maybe it's not high art, but it's a pleasant enough image.

Photo Copyright 2012 by Barry Fackler

Near the end of that same dive, I happened upon a green sea turtle swimming along near my exit point. I followed and caught this image at the moment she surfaced for air. Although I have several photos of turtles taking a breath, most of them are from almost directly below. Here, I was swimming alongside and only slightly below allowing for a nice reflection of the turtle on the surface and nicer blues and greens. Also, the strobes didn't fire as I had taken a shot only seconds earlier. This was good as there was plenty of ambient light and flash would have just caused a lot of backscatter.

Anyway, hope you like the photos.     Barry

Just Some Nice Turtle Shots I Got Recently

All Photos Copyright 2011 by Barry Fackler

Thursday 8/26/10

Photo Copyright 2010 by Barry Fackler

First Dive of the Day...

Phoyo Copyright 2010 by Barry Fackler

...Second Dive of the Day!

Life (and diving) is good in Hawai'i!

Turtle Portraits

Photo Copyright 2010 by Barry Fackler

I got a new camera recently and am still having trouble getting the "feel" for it. What I'm learning is that it is pretty poor at focusing on anything that happens to be moving! Not a good thing for underwater photography. Anyway, to get some decent photos, I've been going to the turtle beds early in the morning to get some close-ups of the honu while they're still being still. I've gotten a few good results, these being the best.

Photo Copyright 2010 by Barry Fackler

Photo Copyright 2010 by Barry Fackler

Photo Copyright 2010 by Barry Fackler

Photo Copyright 2010 by Barry Fackler