Splendid, I got one!

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Splendid, I got one!

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I GOT ONE! :) I just got back late last night from a trip to Cozumel. One of the goals of the trip was to photo a splendid toad fish and I did! Photog'd some other cool critters too including turtles, Queen Angles and many of the other usual suspects. Juvenile spotted drum fish were also on my list to photo, and while I saw some I didn't get any pics, guess I'll have to go back.
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Hmmm, Terrible that you have to go back! :penelope:
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wow, those are some truly awesome pics.
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Nice photos. The queen trigger is gorgeous.
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Nice shots! The colors are great!
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guitarmaker wrote:I GOT ONE! :) I just got back late last night from a trip to Cozumel. One of the goals of the trip was to photo a splendid toad fish and I did! Photog'd some other cool critters too including turtles, Queen Angles and many of the other usual suspects. Juvenile spotted drum fish were also on my list to photo, and while I saw some I didn't get any pics, guess I'll have to go back.
Spotted drums are my FAVORITE!!! I saw one in the Bahamas that was literally the size of my thumbnail (the body that is). It was pretty much just two big striped fins. And oh my god, the way they dance!! Adorable. So adorable.

Nice shot of the toad fish! We saw lots last summer, after a while I almost got sick of the DM pointing them out :P The turtle is great too, I could never get close enough to illuminate them!

OK! Here, I finally found it. A lucky shot, let me assure you my old photos do not all look this good...
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That water looks so warm, why in the world would you want to go back?
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guitarmaker wrote:I GOT ONE! :) I just got back late last night from a trip to Cozumel. One of the goals of the trip was to photo a splendid toad fish and I did! Photog'd some other cool critters too including turtles, Queen Angles and many of the other usual suspects. Juvenile spotted drum fish were also on my list to photo, and while I saw some I didn't get any pics, guess I'll have to go back.
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Great toadfish pic! Now you have me twitchin for a Cozumel fix soon.
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