Some pictures taken from our snorkeling session in Colombier Bay with a Canon IXUS 700 and a waterproof case WP-DC70. As I have read, it is not so easy to take good pictures underwater… Anyway, a first try!
I have tried to find out what I have seen ;-) Not always 100% sure. So if you see something wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me.
Surely our favorite beach in Saint Barth, Colombier Bay. You have to walk about 20’ to access the beach, with some fantastic views on the ocean. And there, a marvelous place for snorkeling! Some underwater pictures to come!
http://visuals.didierbeck.com/ria/ShizVidz-2008120101.swf
And some other views on the salins of Saint Barth (not used anymore since years now).
Some new big panoramas (created with Panorama Factory).
The business and financial crisis seems not to have a big impact here in St Barth, at least in the Gustavia’s port. Have a look at the boats. AND some of them cannot enter the port, as they are longer than 62m, which is the max in this harbor…
In one week, we had about 5 minutes of rain. But then, it is raining really like cats and dogs!
Tropical shower :-)
And today, Saline Beach, I think the largest in Saint Barth. Very nice actually, we like it a lot! Some pictures and as usual now, a video (a bit longer this time) realized with MS Windows Movie Maker. It is not Adobe Premiere for sure, but not sooo bad for a small sequence.
http://visuals.didierbeck.com/ria/ShizVidz-2008120101.swf
The Saint Jean Beach, as usual with beautiful colors. Lots of families are coming here, as the beach is quite protected from the swell and the biggest waves.
And a short video taken from this beach!
http://visuals.didierbeck.com/ria/ShizVidz-2008120101.swf
We had our first snorkeling session on last Wednesday but the vision was not ideal under water, as there is still a quite strong swell. Anyway, I saw my first sea-turtle in Saint Jean Bay, exactly at the same place as last year, just after the white boat in the middle of the picture below!
Bottom is at about 3-4m there. Sea-turtle was about motionless and eating some underwater herbs. The turtle was about 80cm long. It is also the first time that I see a pilot fish on top of the turtle shell!
I have quite massively adjusted the pictures (contrast, color and saturation). The pictures are a bit pixelated but still from far better as I have thought!
Camera: Canon IXUS 700 with a Canon waterproof case (WP-DC70).
Bigger resolution available on smugmug, just click on the pictures!
On last Tuesday, Saint Barth was celebrating its Carnaval. Funny to participate to a carnival with such kind of temperature and scenery!
There is also a flickr dedicated photostream here.