One of Several Anchors	Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia muta	Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia muta
Reef Scene	Common Sea Fan, Gorgonia ventalina	One of many tunnels in the reef
Reef Scene	Stove Pipe Sponge, Aplysina archeri

I had my housed F100 and the 60mm lens. I used it for medium and close up as well as the extension tubes for the Nikonos V. I spent hours swimming around in front of the dive shop searching for small subjects. The blennies, garden eels, and jawfish provided lots of entertainment.

Yellowhead Jawfish, Opostognathus aurifons	Brown Garden Eel, Heteroconger halis

The Secretary Blennies, Acanthemble maria were plentiful

The Secretary Blennies, Acanthemble maria

I spent many dives sitting as quietly as possible, trying to catch a photo of one of the Secretary Blennies springing out of his hole. With practice, I finally had some success. They were very fast when they would grab for food in the water column

Secretary Blenny, Acanthemble maria on a dinner run.

Other small critters included Flamingo Tongues and Christmas Tree Worms.

Flamingo Tongue, Cyphoma gibbosum
Christmas Tree Worm, Spirobranchus giganteus

Fish were pleantifu, but many were diver and camera shy.

Sand Diver, Synodus intermediius		Coney, Epinephelus fulbus
Orangespotted Filefish, Cantherhines pullus	Peacock Flounder, Bothus lunatus	Whitespotted Filefish, Cantherhines macrocerus
Goldentail morey, Gymnothorax miliaris

There were turtles too!!

Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas

One of my favorite days on the island was the trip to the town pier across the island in Fredriksted. It was my quest for the seahorse, and I was not disappointed.

Lined Seahorse, Hippocampus erectus
It was a terrific trip!