Swimming with Sea Lions

Hello and welcome back to the start of another week!  If you did not catch up on part one, you must head back to Tuesday’s post and take a look at the photos I shared of the Galapagos Sea Lions lounge on land enjoying life on the beach, benches, and boats.  I had so many great pictures I had to split it up into two posts and  today I take you swimming with me so you can get a real sense of theGalapagos Sea Lions in the water!

Many of my friends who know I am a certified scuba diver thought it was odd that I went to Ecuador I did not spend a single hour diving  but with so many stunning animals so close to the surface it really was not necessary!  As I mentioned in my post about my Galapagos Photography Tips I purchased a new camera for this trip (thanks Nana!) and I was really impressed with how some of these photos came out considering my new Nikon waterproof digital camera is only $250.  (I would have expected I would need to spend $1,000+ to get this quality!)  Most of these shots I took after diving down a few feet under the water, take a look: 

I was too busy playing and admiring these gorgeous creatures to take a good look at the photos while I was in the water but I think you will agree with me, they came out quite well. My only regret?  Sometimes the sea lion got too close that I had to move before I could snap a shot or a wave came and I needed to move out of the way of the coral – both serious first world problems.  

I always find it interesting when I see people’s travel pictures, especially those taken with nice cameras, to wonder how much of it is zoom versus how close people really were to the thing they were taking a picture of.  In my orca post I tried to give you a shot for reference and here is another, two Galapagos sea lions playing tag right next to my flipper! 

And to make your Monday just a little bit better check out this dude saying what’s up!

Have you ever used an underwater camera?