Photos -- Cozumel 4-11 March 2006

[Roger Southwick]

Thanks everyone -- it's nice to have positive feedback from an attentive audience. 

Sagacity -- I converted the ambient-light photos to b&w because the details are more apparent that way.  The human eye is most sensitive to green light, so I generally take the green channel (and add a bit of the blue and red channels if needed) for a greyscale image.  When left in its natural blue color, things look pretty washed out because the eye gets overloaded with all that distracting blueness.  Plus it just looks cool!

Tullibee -- #4 was near the start of Cedral Wall, but we stayed on top of the ridge.

I'm always amazed by our dive guide Jorge from Blue Angel -- he repeatedly finds things like 1/2" spotted drum juveniles based on the fact that they don't move from their little caves.  He knows the sites so well that he can swim directly over to the right place.  I can recognize parts of the Palancar reefs, but not at that level of detail.

I'd definitely recommend some cenote dives if you get the chance -- be sure to allocate a full day for it.