Scuba Diving Utila Style

With the exception of the magnificent whale shark, big sea creatures were largely non-existent, (yes, the pun is intentional), but macro opportunites abounded. The photographs in this gallery were taken duing my trip to Utila in the Bay Islands of Honduras in March of 2007. Macro shots and close-ups were taken uisng a Nikon D100 with a Sigma 105 lens in a Light & Motion housing. Twin strobes, when used, were Nikonos SB105 and a Sea & Sea YS 60. Tthe SB-105 alone was used for macro. Wide angle shots were few in number due to lmited visibility; however, the few taken were shot with a Nikon 12-24 lens. The high level of particulate matter in the water made both wide angle shooting and macro difficult, and unseasonaably strong winds and wave action prevented access to some of the best dive sites.

O-Dark-Thirty at the Ferry Terminal in La Cieba, Honduras	Rain Clouds Squat on the Mountains	26 Divers, 1200 Pounds of Luggage and One Small Ferry	Destination: Utila in the Bay Islands
Can you Believe All Those Dive Sites?	Our Base of Operations: Laguna Beach Resort	Quaint Cabanas on Lower Lagoon	Swaying Palms and Private Balconies
Featuring Sea Breezes, White Sand, Air-Conditioning	Vista Through the Mangroves into the Lagoon	Close-Up of the Mangroves Surrounding the Lagoon	Flowering Shrubs and
Colorful Plants Surround the Buildings	Ripening Coconuts Hang Overhead	Coconut Palm Detail	Where Once a Coconut Hung
Vine Covered Palm Trunks	Seed Pods	Kat, the Resident Feline, at Her Station by the Dining Hall	Scene of Bar-B-Ques and Birthday Parties
Workmen Put the Finishing Touches on Whale Shark Mosaic in the New Swimming Pool		Look Ma, No clothespins; Only a Strong Crosswind Required for This Personal Clothes Dryer!	"Another Time" Heads Out of the Lagoon.
It's "Show Time" Folks!	Divers Down!	Blue Tranquility	Having Fun in the Deep Blue
Liz, Jessica and a Black Durgeon	Sea Rod Waving in the Current	Venus Sea Fan Reefscape	Is That the Hand Signal for "Keep Back; I'm Clearing My Ears"?
It Went That Way	A Young Hawksbill Turtle Approaches.	Curious and Unafraid	He Lingers to Swim Eye to Eye With A Foreign Species
Leaving Behind Memories of a Wondrous Encounter	Bottom View of a Flamingo Tongue on Sea Plume