P A R A D I S E underwater

P A R A D I S E underwater

"i used to dream of flying - the classic attempt to get away from the reality of earth. But since i have been diving, i have not had the dream. I am miserable our of water. It is as though you had been introduced to heaven, and then found yourself back on earth. The spirituality of a man cannot be completely separated from the physical."

-- Jacques Cousteau--



this legendary phrase of the great father of SCUBA diving had always been the foundation of my actions...if my pictures could change even just one person's apathetic attitude towards the caring of the sea and our environment, then i will have served my purpose...but while destruction of our remaining resources is still going on unabated, and the average person cares more about new cellphones and other fashion trends then about what's going wrong with our environment, i will continue to help advocate the preservation of the last remaining resources of this planet, even if its only in photo...
ArtsySF ©: 03/03/2006 8:05 PM
I love your aquatic photos!

p.s. I just posted my own underwater photo- but is from an underground walk-through tunnel in an aquarium under San Francisco Bay.
makaira: 03/04/2006 8:29 PM
is this in tawi-tawi??? nice corals...
Rochelle Abantas: 03/05/2006 9:35 PM
Salam,
Just want 2 say na hanep mga kuha m pre. kip it up.
rabani: 03/06/2006 4:23 PM
I know how you feel my friend. And how Jacques felt. The moment you step into Nature, either land or aqua, you are hooked into preserving it. We human, at the rate we are going, is heading in the same direction as the dinosaurs but not in a natural way;extinction of our own doing. By then all the monies and all the technologies wouldn't be any good, to turn it back. We are walking one way street and the wall is coming up soon.
We just hoped, not only our photo tells a thousand words but really, tells it to thousands of people.
P/s. My backup camera is Panasonic Lumix FZ30S. Its lens is Leica which gives that saturated RGB when underexposed by 1/3.
: 03/25/2006 12:24 AM
Makes me want to dive again.
Long time since my last dive.
yanti: 03/25/2006 12:34 AM
Makes me want to dive again.
Long time since my last dive.
lizette: 04/04/2006 8:23 PM
i am not a good swimmer and probably would never really attempt diving, but have always been a huge fan of sea life. i'm glad you share these with us. just fantastic!
foolmoon: 04/17/2006 6:15 AM
there it is! one of my fave quotes :)
costarica: 04/19/2006 1:47 PM
beautiful!!
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