Stingrays! Pictures! Stingrays!

[telophase]

Toby got the underwater cameras developed and sent me the pictures I'd taken during our stingray swim. I'm fairly impressed, for a disposable camera. A bit of levels adjustment in Photoshop, and they came out pretty nice.

The full photoset is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/telophase/sets/72157594378236098/



Jason holding a stingray. That's the boat we came in on behind him.



I have no idea what's going on in this picture, but Chris obviously has strong opinions about it and Jason just got stabbed in the eye. These are the two who organized this whole cruise thing.



Legs of, I think, the other Jason (we had two Jasons and two Chrisses), amongst the rays. Rays behave much like cats, in other words they wind in and out and around your legs without a care in the world that you might step on them, and they come up behind you and lightly brush your legs when you're not expecting it.



The other Chris, with our boat's captain, who is obviously Mugen on his day off from Samurai Champloo.



Performing the Underwater Dance of Stingray Avoidance.



ebony14, kissing a stingray.



badnoodles and Leora looking for stingrays. I really like this photo for the perspective on the water swells.



Chris being molested by Mugen a stingray.



Stingray up close and personal.



Stingray really up close and personal.



The boat hand and the photographer, plus the underside of a stingray.



Finishing the roll off - I wasn't actually sure there were any pictures left.

Comments

[riofriotex.livejournal.com]

They look menacing - especially the eye closeups. Nice photos!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It really was like being mobbed by cats, albeit in a very strange form. XD

[braincraft.livejournal.com]

Are you crazy? Watch out! Those things killed Steve Irwin, they'll kill you too!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I LIVE ON THE EDGE, I TELL YA!

[tirwen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the captain really does look like Mugen!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I couldn't get it out of my head at the time. XD

G'day, Mistah Stingr -- AAARGH MY HEART

[bitpig.livejournal.com]

You should have made a "luv connection" with Cap'n Mugen instead of fooling around with those Ozzie-killing stingrays. I'm straight as a board and even I think he's hot. Why can't I be a tall, chiseled Carribean with dreads instead of a stumpy German?

Re: G'day, Mistah Stingr -- AAARGH MY HEART

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I gotta say, the Caribbean grows some fine boys, yes it does. XD

Re: G'day, Mistah Stingr -- AAARGH MY HEART

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Oh - in case you're not aware of her, clockwork_hands is going to have a manga out next spring called Hollow Fields, and her character designs are right up your alley (http://clockwork-hands.livejournal.com/22545.html). :) The basic story is that the main character is going off to school and accidentally ends up at a school for mad scientists. :)

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

He looks just like the great cosplaying Mugen at AnimeFest!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

With the advantage of being half-naked, too!