Great Barrier Reef WARNING LOTS OF PHOTOS! - Page 14

Dyepes · 09/02/2007, 10:51 PM

I sent you a pm edr42, but I assume your box may be full or just some error happend. If you do have the original higher resolution image still, I would love to get it.

You can email them to me here

Shoreliner11 · 09/11/2007, 06:26 PM

Great pics. All the pics from Orpheus make me miss it alot. I'm jealous of the vis you had in most of these pics. It wasn't very good last time I was there.

Chad Vossen · 09/13/2007, 04:45 PM

amazing photos, i wish i could be there in person! thankyou for shareing, looking forward for more

slapshot · 09/22/2007, 06:27 AM

Simply amazing work, thank you.

FishBait · 09/22/2007, 10:45 AM

It's funny, I sit here and look over this thread every week during lunch at work. I'm not 50' from a 236K gallon tank and am looking at the ocean right now through my window...yet I everything I want to see is on my screen! It's also fantastic to hear how well the reefs are doing there.

dtaylor123 · 09/27/2007, 11:40 AM

Wow! You brought insight into the GBR for me. Who ever is in charge of keeping the GBR healthy also needs to have the same power over the rest the worlds reefs. Absolutely beautiful!

Dan

mskohl · 09/27/2007, 11:57 AM

The starfish you posted a picture of looks kinda like the Crown of Thorns Star on the t.v. documentaries.

When you see it, do you see a path of destruction behind it? They supposedly can wipe out an entire area of all it's corals. I think they eat the tissue right off the skeleton.

Do you have any pictures of this?

BTW, I love that pink and green coral in the last set of pics.

barrman · 09/27/2007, 03:12 PM

thank you for sharing all these awesome photos!!

josephatmbibank · 09/27/2007, 04:05 PM

Wish I could go one day!

edr42 · 09/27/2007, 04:20 PM

mskohl, yes that is indeed a crown of thorns. I saw a maybe 3 or 4 over 10 dives, so the population is not prolific. There was so sign whatsoever of any coral destruction in its wake, all reefers know how insanely fast corals can grow in the right conditions, so any destruction these things cause is totally insignificant.

They eat by extruding their stomach lining over their prey (coral polyps) and digesting the food before absorbing it.
You must remember that these critters are as much a part of the reef ecosystem as parrotfish, angelfish or butterfly fish, and if you actually take a close look at one one day, they are quite fascinating.

dtaylor123, the guys who run the GBR marine park would appreciate your support. One of my lecturers was in charge of the zonation planning, and got everything from death threats to public condemnation for increasing the protection level.

I'm hoping to make a day trip to the S.S.Yongala wreck, and another 4 day reef/yongala trip in the next week or two. But my camera woes are far from over. Still need at least $1500 for a new set up, and all my savings just went into car repairs.
So it looks like there won't be any photos from these trips. Might be December before i can afford anything, and by then i'll be back down in Sydney.

mskohl · 09/27/2007, 07:40 PM

Thanks for the info on the starfish. I'm in Oklahoma and have only gotten to go snorkeling once while in Hawaii (and we were too new to realise we were in a too populated area). All I've seen is on the documentaries and they make it seem like total devastation. Nothing like a real-life observation.

Good luck with the camera situation. We'll miss the pics for sure.

daniloronchi · 09/28/2007, 01:04 AM

Wonderful... wonderful... wonderful... I'haven't words to thanks you!!!

Amazing!!!

Thanks for sharing!!!

ezcompany · 09/28/2007, 01:54 AM

can't wait to see pics of your next trip

melev · 09/29/2007, 07:30 PM

How much to repair your broken camera?

edr42 · 09/29/2007, 07:55 PM

Hey melev,
Camera is unrepairable, they stopped making the model a few years ago, and it's just worn out.
All the lens gears are falling apart, the electronics have regular fits, and lines were starting to apperar on photos under low light.
I checked to see if they could repair it, and it would have cost far more than a new camera to get it done, if it could be repaired at all.

All in all it's just worn out. It did pretty well over its lifetime.

What i'm looking at now is the canon powershot G9. The other alternatives are only around $100 cheaper, so it makes sense to go for one that will be useful for quite a while when shelling out $1,500.

This is really crap timing to be needing to pull money out of thin air with all these dive trips coming up, and with no camera as well.
A friend of mine at uni (from florida) has a relative high up at the National Geographic, and i was hoping to send some photos from these upcoming trips over to see what they think, but it looks like i'm gonna be caught short with money and time.

Ah well, such is life.

I was also hoping to post some updated tank photos ( it's finally looking really good!).
I guess you guys will just have to hang tight until i figure something out.

In the meantime, thanks for all the comments, and i'll see what photos i have lying around to keep everyone interested until i have some new ones.

melev · 09/29/2007, 08:03 PM

Too bad. I hate to think about all that dive time without our resident photographer working for us.

edr42 · 10/10/2007, 07:28 PM

S.S. Yongala trip on Sunday! But no camera yet.

I'll dredge up some older photos to keep things ticking over until the new camera gets here.

On a side note, my GBTA split today.

tor101898 · 10/11/2007, 07:39 AM

did you get the G9?

vsnph · 10/11/2007, 10:26 AM

Good Day !!!

Great thread indeed !!!!

Just wondering though, until when will you be researching on that wonderful part of the AU ?

Apon · 10/11/2007, 04:45 PM

Great Pics! I am surprised people have not offered to donate a small amount to help you buys your new camera in return for the continued pics. If a bunch of us just donated like $5-10, that wouldn't be so bad. In return you could send us our favorite pics files in high quality so we can print them out. What do you think? If you like the idea I would donate a few bucks to continue the see these pics.

skinz78 · 10/11/2007, 11:39 PM

Truely awesome pic's. I am sooo jealous of you, it would be too hard for me not to pack critters home with me if I were you.

I'm sure if you need we all could chip in to help you replace your camera?

Keep up the good work.

Chris

edr42 · 10/13/2007, 10:05 AM

Hey guys,
I'm in anguish at the moment as my S.S.Yongala trip was cancelled today at the last minute due to a high wind warning.

grrrr, oh how i wish i could control the weather!

Anyway, i'm flattered that you guys would be willing to pitch in towards a new camera.

Any donations would be rewarded with full resolution jpegs of the image(s) of your choice.

So how about this:

Anyone who feels like donating can do so via paypal (edroberts@optusnet.com.au).

All donators should send me a pm or post on this thread which image(s) they would like in return.

I will then email full resolution copys of the chosen images.

Anyone who is generous enough to donate can also have their pick of any other images which i post in the future.

I hope to give you guys many more marine adventures in the future!

vsnph: thanks for the kind words, i'll be up here for at least another year, probably more like 4 or 5. But i will never move far from the ocean, and hopefully i will just get a job that allows me to indulge that passion.

vsnph · 10/15/2007, 08:19 AM

vsnph: thanks for the kind words, i'll be up here for at least another year, probably more like 4 or 5. But i will never move far from the ocean, and hopefully i will just get a job that allows me to indulge that passion. [/B][/QUOTE]

Good day !!!

Wow !!! Thats good to hear !

That means we can see more great pic's from your tank (GBR ) ! Hope you wont be fed up posting them !

Thanks !!!!

Stoney Mahony · 10/16/2007, 10:47 AM

Awesome thread, awesome pics! So..... I have to ask.....Seen any Great Whites out there on any of your research trips? Sorry but I had to ask!

Again, unreal man.

edr42 · 10/18/2007, 09:43 AM

Thanks Stoney Mahony.
Never seen any Great Whites out on the reef, they are a cold water species and don't venture this far up the coast.
I have seen one small (7-8 feet) great white off Jervis Bay, which is 3 hours south of Sydney. They largely keep to themselves though. They are very sleek and powerful critters.

Camera Fund has kicked off, running total is at 1.53%, only 98.47% to go.

Hopefully it will all come together in time to make it out to the reef before i head back down to Sydney. Although i will go and visit Bluey again when i'm back down south, so there will be photos no matter where i am.

09/11/2007, 06:26 PM	#327
Shoreliner11 Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 199	Great pics. All the pics from Orpheus make me miss it alot. I'm jealous of the vis you had in most of these pics. It wasn't very good last time I was there. __________________ 62 gal Coldwater Reef

09/13/2007, 04:45 PM	#328
Chad Vossen Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota Posts: 1,313	amazing photos, i wish i could be there in person! thankyou for shareing, looking forward for more __________________ Chad Vossen Current Tank Info: just a bunch of fish :)

09/27/2007, 11:57 AM	#332
mskohl Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Stilwell, KS Posts: 2,114	The starfish you posted a picture of looks kinda like the Crown of Thorns Star on the t.v. documentaries. When you see it, do you see a path of destruction behind it? They supposedly can wipe out an entire area of all it's corals. I think they eat the tissue right off the skeleton. Do you have any pictures of this? BTW, I love that pink and green coral in the last set of pics. __________________ Current tanks: 225g mixed reef and a 75g lps and softy

09/27/2007, 04:05 PM	#334
josephatmbibank Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Austin , Texas Posts: 59	Wish I could go one day! __________________ Loan officer at Mbi Mortgage Bank. 135G,75G,58G all mix reef tanks. Current Tank Info: 135 Gallon reef tank with mix SPS and LPS. One 75 g same set up.

09/27/2007, 07:40 PM	#336
mskohl Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Stilwell, KS Posts: 2,114	Thanks for the info on the starfish. I'm in Oklahoma and have only gotten to go snorkeling once while in Hawaii (and we were too new to realise we were in a too populated area). All I've seen is on the documentaries and they make it seem like total devastation. Nothing like a real-life observation. Good luck with the camera situation. We'll miss the pics for sure. __________________ Current tanks: 225g mixed reef and a 75g lps and softy

09/02/2007, 10:51 PM	#326
Dyepes Moved On Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 272	I sent you a pm edr42, but I assume your box may be full or just some error happend. If you do have the original higher resolution image still, I would love to get it. You can email them to me here

09/22/2007, 06:27 AM	#329
slapshot Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan Posts: 1,791	Simply amazing work, thank you.

09/22/2007, 10:45 AM	#330
FishBait Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 796	It's funny, I sit here and look over this thread every week during lunch at work. I'm not 50' from a 236K gallon tank and am looking at the ocean right now through my window...yet I everything I want to see is on my screen! It's also fantastic to hear how well the reefs are doing there.

09/27/2007, 11:40 AM	#331
dtaylor123 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 198	Wow! You brought insight into the GBR for me. Who ever is in charge of keeping the GBR healthy also needs to have the same power over the rest the worlds reefs. Absolutely beautiful! Dan

09/27/2007, 03:12 PM	#333
barrman Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 42	thank you for sharing all these awesome photos!!

09/27/2007, 04:20 PM	#335
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	mskohl, yes that is indeed a crown of thorns. I saw a maybe 3 or 4 over 10 dives, so the population is not prolific. There was so sign whatsoever of any coral destruction in its wake, all reefers know how insanely fast corals can grow in the right conditions, so any destruction these things cause is totally insignificant. They eat by extruding their stomach lining over their prey (coral polyps) and digesting the food before absorbing it. You must remember that these critters are as much a part of the reef ecosystem as parrotfish, angelfish or butterfly fish, and if you actually take a close look at one one day, they are quite fascinating. dtaylor123, the guys who run the GBR marine park would appreciate your support. One of my lecturers was in charge of the zonation planning, and got everything from death threats to public condemnation for increasing the protection level. I'm hoping to make a day trip to the S.S.Yongala wreck, and another 4 day reef/yongala trip in the next week or two. But my camera woes are far from over. Still need at least $1500 for a new set up, and all my savings just went into car repairs. So it looks like there won't be any photos from these trips. Might be December before i can afford anything, and by then i'll be back down in Sydney.

09/28/2007, 01:04 AM	#337
daniloronchi Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rimini - Italy Posts: 90	Wonderful... wonderful... wonderful... I'haven't words to thanks you!!! Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing!!! __________________ My Elos 130 post on RC: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1736914 Current Tank Info: 47,2" x 19,3" x 21,7" = 66 gallons, Vertex Omega 180i, 3x Ecotech Marine Radion, 1xVortech Mp40 1xTunze NanoStream 6095, Tunze 1073.040, Chiller Teco TK150

09/28/2007, 01:54 AM	#338
ezcompany Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4,640	can't wait to see pics of your next trip __________________ Jin Have a nice day! Current Tank Info: IM40

09/29/2007, 07:30 PM	#339
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	How much to repair your broken camera?

09/29/2007, 07:55 PM	#340
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Hey melev, Camera is unrepairable, they stopped making the model a few years ago, and it's just worn out. All the lens gears are falling apart, the electronics have regular fits, and lines were starting to apperar on photos under low light. I checked to see if they could repair it, and it would have cost far more than a new camera to get it done, if it could be repaired at all. All in all it's just worn out. It did pretty well over its lifetime. What i'm looking at now is the canon powershot G9. The other alternatives are only around $100 cheaper, so it makes sense to go for one that will be useful for quite a while when shelling out $1,500. This is really crap timing to be needing to pull money out of thin air with all these dive trips coming up, and with no camera as well. A friend of mine at uni (from florida) has a relative high up at the National Geographic, and i was hoping to send some photos from these upcoming trips over to see what they think, but it looks like i'm gonna be caught short with money and time. Ah well, such is life. I was also hoping to post some updated tank photos ( it's finally looking really good!). I guess you guys will just have to hang tight until i figure something out. In the meantime, thanks for all the comments, and i'll see what photos i have lying around to keep everyone interested until i have some new ones.

09/29/2007, 08:03 PM	#341
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Too bad. I hate to think about all that dive time without our resident photographer working for us.

10/10/2007, 07:28 PM	#342
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	S.S. Yongala trip on Sunday! But no camera yet. I'll dredge up some older photos to keep things ticking over until the new camera gets here. On a side note, my GBTA split today.

10/11/2007, 07:39 AM	#343
tor101898 Plankton27 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Staten Island,NEW YORK Posts: 582	did you get the G9? __________________ Alex "The sea is everything... An emmense reservoir of nature where i roam at will...." CAPT. NEMO Current Tank Info: Marineland DD 200 gallon, custom built stand 50"L X 38"W X 33"H,I-tech 400 skimmer with tunze 9410 and 9420 pumps, custom made MRC sump, Two Vortech Mp40w.

10/11/2007, 10:26 AM	#344
vsnph Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: philippines Posts: 162	Good Day !!! Great thread indeed !!!! Just wondering though, until when will you be researching on that wonderful part of the AU ?

10/11/2007, 04:45 PM	#345
Apon Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,015	Great Pics! I am surprised people have not offered to donate a small amount to help you buys your new camera in return for the continued pics. If a bunch of us just donated like $5-10, that wouldn't be so bad. In return you could send us our favorite pics files in high quality so we can print them out. What do you think? If you like the idea I would donate a few bucks to continue the see these pics. __________________ Thanks, Arnold BAR Member Current Tank Info: 40 gallon soft coral reef/ 120 galon mixed reef tank

10/11/2007, 11:39 PM	#346
skinz78 Moved On Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: north west washington Posts: 1,283	Truely awesome pic's. I am sooo jealous of you, it would be too hard for me not to pack critters home with me if I were you. I'm sure if you need we all could chip in to help you replace your camera? Keep up the good work. Chris

10/13/2007, 10:05 AM	#347
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Hey guys, I'm in anguish at the moment as my S.S.Yongala trip was cancelled today at the last minute due to a high wind warning. grrrr, oh how i wish i could control the weather! Anyway, i'm flattered that you guys would be willing to pitch in towards a new camera. Any donations would be rewarded with full resolution jpegs of the image(s) of your choice. So how about this: Anyone who feels like donating can do so via paypal (edroberts@optusnet.com.au). All donators should send me a pm or post on this thread which image(s) they would like in return. I will then email full resolution copys of the chosen images. Anyone who is generous enough to donate can also have their pick of any other images which i post in the future. I hope to give you guys many more marine adventures in the future! vsnph: thanks for the kind words, i'll be up here for at least another year, probably more like 4 or 5. But i will never move far from the ocean, and hopefully i will just get a job that allows me to indulge that passion.

10/15/2007, 08:19 AM	#348
vsnph Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: philippines Posts: 162	vsnph: thanks for the kind words, i'll be up here for at least another year, probably more like 4 or 5. But i will never move far from the ocean, and hopefully i will just get a job that allows me to indulge that passion. [/B][/QUOTE] Good day !!! Wow !!! Thats good to hear ! That means we can see more great pic's from your tank (GBR ) ! Hope you wont be fed up posting them ! Thanks !!!!

10/16/2007, 10:47 AM	#349
Stoney Mahony Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 1,010	Awesome thread, awesome pics! So..... I have to ask.....Seen any Great Whites out there on any of your research trips? Sorry but I had to ask! Again, unreal man. __________________ "Don't these silly monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around?" MJK "Free thinkers are dangerous!" Serj Tankian Current Tank Info: 45 g hex- 50 lbs LR, Softies, Clams, LPS, wet dry, berlin skimmer w/150 watt HQI. 55 g SPS- 90 lbs LR w/ 20 g caulerpa fuge, 35 g cheato fuge w/ 98w PC. 2x 400 watt XM 20k,Berlin XL skimmer, Intermatic timer on pumps for wave action

10/18/2007, 09:43 AM	#350
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Thanks Stoney Mahony. Never seen any Great Whites out on the reef, they are a cold water species and don't venture this far up the coast. I have seen one small (7-8 feet) great white off Jervis Bay, which is 3 hours south of Sydney. They largely keep to themselves though. They are very sleek and powerful critters. Camera Fund has kicked off, running total is at 1.53%, only 98.47% to go. Hopefully it will all come together in time to make it out to the reef before i head back down to Sydney. Although i will go and visit Bluey again when i'm back down south, so there will be photos no matter where i am.