underwater shots through plate glass

sleeping_hippo  fishbowl  fishbowl2 

last one I caught a comorant diving for a fish diving_for_lunch 

The Memphis zoo  also has a small aquarium.  I had a heck of a time shooting in there, high iso, trying to get the best angle to hide scratches and reflections, while framing,focusing and shooting a fish swimming by.  Marginal success but still a sampling of the zoo's aquarium.

Main entrance.  Has an Egyptian theme.
Obelisk. Just inside the main entrance.
Cat House Cafe.  Used to be the house for the big cats before they moved them to natural habitat enclosures.
Whiskers.
Come and get me.
Lionfish. Didn't like this shot but it is Barb's favorite fish so you suffer so I don't have to.
Piranha.
Varicose forehead.

Comments and criticisms welcome as always.  Probably post some more animal shots tomorrow.  That's your last warning.

Tomorrow is my school children's Field Trip and I think I can get some pictures for the challenge.  Today some more of the dancing trees and the fish pond.  They are not the same ones as yesterday so please take a look.
Dancing Tree AJ if you look in the window you will see the reflection of my sister who was coaching me as to what pictures she thought I should take.  Kay, maybe some day I will convince her to join us online like you and BB.
Dancing Tree A The plague in the ground tells about the shaped trees.  They are shaped, but pieces are also wired into them.
Dancing Trees B
More Fish Pond:
Playing tag
See my pretty tail
Almost as big as the rock
Mandarin Lite Bush
Red Jungle flower from inside the mall

The bi weekly challenge is to show evidence that someone or something has been there before.  This is what I found today.  
First inside the mall that I went to for brunch I found a fish pond.  There were pennies on the bottom - evidence that someone had thrown them in there.
Fish Pond 1
Fish Pond 2
Fish Pond 3
Fish Pond 4 Fish Pond 5
Then outside of the mall these trees show evidence that someone has shaped them.
Dancing Trees 1
Dancing Trees 2
Dancing Trees 3
Hope you enjoy these as much as I did.

I moved last weekend, and took a bunch of pictures of the process, but got a couple of gems in-between the documentation of the move...  One day it was raining, and I saw this guy cruising around...  Then after moving in to our new place, and setting up my fish tank, my royal plec, who is nearly impossible to get good photos of, came out and posed for me...

We finally had some sunshine today and I had a chance to get out and take some shots.  I am amazed the difference the new glass makes....oh, I LOVE it....1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

I got a couple of reflection shots, too.  1 2

And, I can't leave you without showing you a couple of critter shots.  1 2 3 (Okay, I lied; THREE critter shots.  The female cardinal was taken through the garage door window.)  

I apologize for so many pics....I am just so excited with my new lenses!  Did I tell y'all that I just LOVE them???  Woo-Hoo!!!

Hope y'all enjoy!

Just a link Fish Pictures

Okay, a few last shots from the brand new Georgia Aquarium.

Contrasting Fish 1/60sec, f4, 36mm equiv

Leafy Sea Dragon - what else can I say... 1/20sec, f5.6, 82mm equiv

Very cool lighting from above 1/20sec, f5.6, 82mm equiv

Group Shot 1/45sec, f5, 57mm equiv

Pretty Colors 1/45sec, f5.6, 78mm eqiv

Blue Jelly 1/125sec, f5.6, 82mm equiv

These are all pretty much "as shot" With Nikon D50 with an 18-55mm zoom. (And just a tiny bit of level adjust and/or cropping.) On the last one, they had some funky lighting to make them really stand out (as you can see.). It was very cool.

More shots from the Georgia Aquarium. Plan your trip NOW. You don't want to miss this place.

No, that's not a movie screen, but where's my popcorn?!?!
Big Fish
River Overhead
Among the Penguins
Porthole

I really wish I was a poet so I could describe to you what our new aquarium is like, but the best I can do is WOW!!!!! I took a TON of pics, and I'll post some more later, but with this first set, I wanted to convey the sheer magnitude of this place....

Space, Color, Number, Beauty, Size

For these next two, you may have to scroll around. I didn't have the heart to shrink them any more!! (Internet Explorer: hit ctrl+N; Firefox: use the arrow keys to pan.)

Wonder
(A coral reef, complete with crashing waves.)

And finally, the largest viewing window in the world. This, by the way is a little more than HALF (!!!) of the window. It wouldn't all fit in the frame!!! MAGIC!!!!

Yesterday I bought some fish.  I put them in my Fishtank which was decorated with marbles  .  It even has bubbles and a HidingPlace .  At first the tetras wanted to play with the bubbles, but alas, they were still in a plastic Baggy .  So, they went to chill with the pleco who seemed uninterested. The 3Tetras decided , then, to go off on their own, to the far corner of the plastic baggy.  They've since been set free and are enjoying their new home (i hope).

Spent all day cleaning out my tanks for the fish photo shoot. SLR has made taking pictures of my fish enjoyable knowing I can come up with shots like these...

One of my many Black Convicts
Oscar 1
Oscar 3
Oscar 4
Oscar 5
Oscar 6
Oscar 7
Oscar 8
Oscar 9
Red Belly Crop

Sorry there are so many, It was tough picking out the good ones since there were so many.

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.  Mine was full of family time.  Here are some shots I got....This crabapple tree is in the front yard at the family farm.  Then I was introduced to  Oscar he is a friend of my Uncle.  Oh and I have this thought "if you can't trust family who can you trust???"  (I couldn't resist this one)shhhhh.

This is a little extra I found from a future photographica addict. I think "hmmm I wonder if my son was playing around with my camera again???"

Since I posted the theme last week my wife has been grexing about me missing one of the family members, so here he/she/it is. The name is Biscuits. It came as one of a pair that my wife named Biscuits & Gravy, but Biscuits ate gravy early on. She had another big fish named Panfish, but Biscuits ate him. She bought a few other fish since, yep, lunch.

Biscuits 1
 Biscuits 2

So hey, that's what fish do, but, I am hoping to make it a bit more interesting. I'm thinking of throwing in a Piranha or two, or maybe a small Beluga. That should make life a bit more interesting for Biscuits.

Space Needle this Way
And also This Way too
Redrum The Red Room at the great Seattle Library.
The famous Fish toss At Pike Street Market
Flowers
Fruits & Veggies
I got Crabs in Seattle.
And of course.. another view of the Space Needle

A CLOSE ENCOUNTER
One of the "Wild Bunch" Near Cape Coral FL in the Caloosahatchee River

Jumping for Joy
Another of the "Wild Bunch"
Jumps in the wake of my boat the Princess Jackie

We never fail to attract these wonderful creatures when we go out on our boat

I think they knew the sound of our engine and would come up and rub against the boat  

Cozumel Kiss
As I type this Cozumel is getting ravaged by Hurricane Wilma -  Cozumel "Swim With Dolphins" is  is where this pic was taken - I hope the people there are ALL OK and the Dolphins too !!!

I am in the path of Wilma  when it turn toward Florida -- I was in 'Cane Charley last year

Pics of that event are linked form my profile Pages Webite Link

I will post the aftermath pics of Wilma when I can

Shot at the Maui Ocean Center, he posed for me.

Having not posted in a while, I thought I'd share our trip to Mexico with you. I've never been there, so it was a "culture shock" to me! As far as beauty, it paled in comparasion to Hawaii, but I had a better time there. We went deep sea fishing and caught a couple of marlins ; it was exhilarating, to say the least! I had never seen pelicans before, so I took numerous pictures of them; here's one coming in for a landing . When you come back from your fishing expedition, you always have lots of greeters wanting food. Here's one of the water spray behind the boat. The Pacific sunrise was beautiful! When a ship has to come in for repairs, they have a great way of hauling it in. Of course, street vendors are in abundance, and no one is left out as is witnessed in this small child. She had hit us up numerous times to buy something, but we didn't get anything. Of course, after I took this pic, her mother sent her after us saying "One dollar for picture". We obliged. The trip was great, we plan on going back again next year, but it was wonderful to get back home to the budding and blooming of the crocuses. There's no place like home! BTW, the thumbnail is of the sunset at the hotel pool.

This is ex-president Bush playing tennis!

This is an amazing fish photograph I took before the fish got aggressive!

This shows that lightning can strike twice but simultaneously!!

This is the front of my car.....smooth at 140 mph!!

Thi is my famous 1959 Ferret Scout Car

These were some deer that were running past my house one evening, interesting how the sunlight has taken on a purple hue!

After reading kwsNI's story Learn to Scuba Dive on K5, I felt inspired to dig out some of my pictures while I was scuba diving in the Pacific off of Costa Rica last March. A guy we were with tried using a disposable underwater camera, but at 70-100 feet the pressure was to much for the shutter to open. At least it didn't implode! This was my first and sofar only attempt (but it won't be my last) at underwater photography. Scale is really hard to judge in these pictures (ie the eel in one was big enough to have taken my foot off as I was drifting down into his hole to take that picture)

Here's the gallery