Some pictures from the Keys

[paul b]

My closest friend and dive partner spends half the time in the Florida Keys and half here in New York.  We can't really tank any kind of pictures here as the visability here is measured in inches.  My avatar was taken from about an inch away here in NY and that's about the farthest away you can get to see on many days.  My friend is also a much better underwater photographer than I am.  These looked to be very shallow dives and were taken yesterday.
You don't often see these large elkhorn corals any more but I have seen some as big as a house in St Lucia in the Caribbean.  Hurricanes and typhoons have a way of toppling these as they are more delicate than more rounder corals.

 

 

These roundish corals make up most of the reefs in Florida.

 

 

 

If you dive, you will see fry like these all over the place and most fish consider this an all you can eat buffet.  Fry make up a large part of many fishes diet.

 

 

[DBL]

Awesome pics thanks for sharing

[paul b]

Your welcome

[Rob A]

Awesome!

[Kevnjeep]

Don't you wish you had a huge led light you could shine over them lol

[monkiboy]

Thanks for the share Paul - good stuff sir

[GraffitiSpotCorals]

Love the elkhorns growth formation soooo much! Growth is better than, color any day.

[Coral Hind]

Nice photos!

[Jason Rhoads]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing Paul!

[sen5241b]

I dove Looe Key which is the lower keys. Saw a brain coral down there that might fit in a one car garage --I say might fit.

[reeferindc]

Hello can you tell me what those blue and yellow striped fish are in the second pic? They are beautiful.

[paul b]

I am not sure, some type of sargent major I think

[OUsnakebyte]

Hello can you tell me what those blue and yellow striped fish are in the second pic? They are beautiful.

 

 

I am not sure, some type of sargent major I think

 

 

Yes, they are juvenile sergeant major damsels.

 

Cheers

Mike