Spotted Butterflyfish - Chaetodon guttatissimus by lbmcshutter

Spotted Butterflyfish - Chaetodon guttatissimus

my last Christmas Island dives this week - well I am still hoping I can re-deployed here in the near future.
The dives today were on a magnificent vertical wall which drops to possibly 50-60m or more, we wanted to spend more time under water so limited ourselves to around 25m, wonderful dive, so many different creatures. I have trying to get a good photo of one of these guys for months which is why I selected this of all my photos taken today. We had baracudas and a couple of curious reef sharks cruise by at one point
Was that Ryan's Ravine??? I love your underwater shots. It makes me want to go diving SOOOOOO BADLY!!!!!
October 2nd, 2011  
Magic shot!! The clarity is amazing. WOW!
October 2nd, 2011  
@buggirl no not Ryan's Ravine, opposite direction really, the wall is just a bit past West White Beach and is a magnificent dive. I worry that diving here has ruined me for anywhere else, I cannot imagine anywhere else measuring up
October 2nd, 2011  
@notliz I was pretty happy with the clarity too, u/w photography can be very challenging, I'm still trying to figure out how to use the camera and strobe well, but pretty happy with the results lately
October 2nd, 2011  
Magnificent!!
October 2nd, 2011  
Wonderful capture!
October 2nd, 2011  
Gorgeous!
October 2nd, 2011  
beautiful capture
October 2nd, 2011  
Lovely shot!
October 2nd, 2011  
What a beautiful shot of this pretty fish! So sharp and detailed. Fav for me!
October 3rd, 2011  
awesome capture! i'm going to miss ci too ... lol
October 3rd, 2011  
Wonderful capture, stunning detail!
October 3rd, 2011  
Lovely!! What an amazing place to have been able to spend time. I don't know that I would have gotten any work done, I would want to be in the water all the time.
October 3rd, 2011  
love this
October 3rd, 2011  
Wonderful clarity! Great capture and I know how hard underwater photography is. Drop-offs like the one you described always scared me but I'm glad you had fun :). Riffsharks sound a bit on the scary side, too, though...
October 3rd, 2011  
Beautiful shot - stunning colours and patterns :)
October 3rd, 2011  
Bloody hell, Meegs. Two on the PP at the same time? You ROCK! :D
October 3rd, 2011  
@brizmako cool - thanks for letting me know, I had no idea! That has cheered me up no end
October 3rd, 2011  
@lbmcshutter I just G+'d a screenshot in case you missed it :D
October 3rd, 2011  
Oooer....Perpendicular Wall! I had the most amazing shark experience there. And I TOTALLY agree with you about being ruined!! I am the same - I seriously haven't found anywhere else that compares. Am still green with envy!
October 3rd, 2011  
That's a wonderful shot!
October 3rd, 2011  
That is such a clear shot for underwater. Fantastic!
October 3rd, 2011  
Striking perfection - underwater, no less. Excellent in every way.
October 3rd, 2011  
Wow, what a beautiful shot
October 3rd, 2011  
very nice picture, thanks for sharing it.
October 4th, 2011  
Another awesome shot of a beautiful fish. Excellent clarity of the details, wow!
October 4th, 2011  
Wonderful shot, Megan!
October 5th, 2011  
Fabulous!
October 5th, 2011  
fab clear capture plus you got some real looking colour to him too.
October 10th, 2011  
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