For those of you who have seen my truck built out of old, scavenged parts first hand, my penchant for old rusting hulks underwater should come as no surprise.  I love wrecks of any kind.  Today’s dive was to the Mr. Bud, a 90′ sunken fishing boat.  One interesting thing about this particular wreck is that during a hurricane a few years ago, one of the large liveaboard dive boats was tied to the wreck, but the strong winds pulled the boat and Mr. Bud quite a ways.  The bow is now shoved firmly into a small rise before the drop off of an extremely deep wall.  Glad she survived! For today’s dive, my trusty Sony was outfitted with the 16-36mm wide angle lens and super intimidating looking front dome port.  I had a blast shooting the wreck, obviously, and then playing with angles and interesting foreground shots of the other divers.  It’s a different perspective than the macro lens I was using.  Unfortunately, towards the end of the dive I started getting a pretty gnarly headache, so I decided to skip the second drop off dive and let Jason play with my camera for a while.  I spent a few hours working on photos and drinking coffee on the screened porch looking at the tropical water.  Luckily the coffee worked its magic and I was feeling much better by lunchtime!  😉

The lights only reach the very front of the boat! The rest is blue.
The lights only reach the very front of the boat! The rest is blue.
Moody
Moody
Diver and wreck
Diver and wreck
My other two photo buddies
My other two photo buddies
Still has her name
Still has her name
Standard trawler windows
Standard trawler windows

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Along the side
Along the side
Down in the fish hold. I think.
Down in the fish hold. I think.
Lots of marine growth now.
Lots of marine growth now.
Top of the pilothouse
Top of the pilothouse
Other divers
Other divers
Like herding cats...
Like herding cats…
Opening to the fish hold
Opening to the fish hold
Jason looking at me
Jason looking at me
Corals
Corals
Transom
Transom
Ghost ship
Ghost ship
Jason again
Jason again
Murky water
Murky water
Lobster. yummy!
Lobster. yummy!

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Mischievous little fish
Mischievous little fish

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School of fish swimming by
School of fish swimming by
Anemone
Anemone

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Kinda ugly fish
Kinda ugly fish
Jason
Jason
ME!
ME!
Flying!
Flying!
Behold, my minions!
Behold, my minions!
Just chillin here underwater...
Just chillin here underwater…