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Old 12/31/2007, 04:57 PM
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Thumbs up Just got back Phi Phi Island, Thailand
All i can say is wow!! I'll try to post some pics, but i'm sure it wont do it justice. Right outside the resort i was at, 75 yards out and 100 yards left and 100 yards right was a huge reef with tons on acro and clams as far as you could see. I didn't even notice the fish as much as the blue and green acros. Tons of huge monti caps, and blue digitatas, basketball size Caulestreas, and lots of scroll corals. in some areas you could tell how the tsunami wiped alot of it out. some areas had 12 inches deep of just broken acros. On the other hand the reef is thriving more than ever. 20 yards out there would be live colonies of bright green acros and they would just be loose in the sand bed, you could pick these things up and they were 2 foot sections. The sad thing is, is that they'll probably get covered by sand within a couple tide changes. Oh and the pink pocillipora was absolutely insane!! did i mention how many croceas there were!!??? sorry for rambling
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Old 12/31/2007, 05:09 PM
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I'm jealous.
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Old 12/31/2007, 05:46 PM
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Re: Just got back Phi Phi Island, Thailand
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I'll try to post some pics, but i'm sure it wont do it justice.
Post `em anyway!!
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Old 12/31/2007, 05:53 PM
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PICS!!!!!
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Old 12/31/2007, 06:14 PM
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PICS!!!!!
ok, the underwater ones were done on a disposable so i have to scan them to get them digital, but i'll post a few from the sea kayak above the surface in a little bit
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Old 12/31/2007, 06:17 PM
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less typing more posting pics!
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Old 12/31/2007, 06:20 PM
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ok, the underwater ones were done on a disposable so i have to scan them to get them digital, but i'll post a few from the sea kayak above the surface in a little bit
actually, give me until tomorrow, having just got back this morning, im still on southeast asia time zone. technically i already celebrated New Years
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Old 12/31/2007, 06:40 PM
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tomorrow is too far away!! thats next year!!! pics today while we are still in 07!!! hahah j/k great to hear ya had fun
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Old 12/31/2007, 06:46 PM
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my laptop with vista won't support my canon camera and i cant' download!!! ahhhh! the website doesn't have any free downloads either for canon!!
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Old 12/31/2007, 06:51 PM
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also jealous...... lol
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Old 12/31/2007, 08:03 PM
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less typing more posting pics!
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Old 01/01/2008, 06:28 PM
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Old 01/02/2008, 11:11 AM
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PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICS!!!!!!!
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This thread is worthless without pics!!!!!!!
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Old 01/02/2008, 08:21 PM
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Old 01/03/2008, 09:31 AM
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my bad, i'm having big time camera issues. new pc at work, at home and now with vista, canon doesn't have software for it. i'm working on it......
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Old 01/03/2008, 09:36 AM
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Old 01/03/2008, 09:38 AM
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HAHA...thats how I ended up with a dual boot machine...Vista Ultimate and XP Pro

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my bad, i'm having big time camera issues. new pc at work, at home and now with vista, canon doesn't have software for it. i'm working on it......
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Old 01/03/2008, 11:49 AM
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Which canon ? Ive had no issues with my XTI and vista . Mostly its in RAW so Im using photoshop for import , but I have used the microsoft import wizard for JPEG np .
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Old 01/03/2008, 12:19 PM
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Which canon ? Ive had no issues with my XTI and vista . Mostly its in RAW so Im using photoshop for import , but I have used the microsoft import wizard for JPEG np .
its a digital elph, 4.0 megapixel I think it's an sd 300? For some reason it won't let me save or upload from camera. it shows the pics in a thumbnail format but won't let me save or copy....****es me off.
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Old 01/03/2008, 12:45 PM
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Have you checked the canon website for updated drivers ?
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Old 01/03/2008, 12:47 PM
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Have you checked the canon website for updated drivers ?
ya, that's how i found out they didn't have one for Vista. only drivers for printing and editing
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Old 01/03/2008, 01:02 PM
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These are pics of the area around the island where the reefs were on the open ocean. I'm still working on getting the underwater pics scanned

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My tour guide for the island and reefs...
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these are only the ones i had on my work pc, i'll try to get more tomorrow that actually show some of the acros that were destroyed in the tsunami. There were clams on all the rocks near the piers too. it was crazy.
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Old 01/03/2008, 01:25 PM
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Drool... I'd be interested to know where you stayed and stuff as I am going to plan a southeast Asia trip for next fall. Maybe you could PM me a quick review? It looks AMAZING and I am just about out of Caribbean islands to visit. Now on to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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Old 01/03/2008, 02:04 PM
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Wow, well I have to say the wait was worth it even without the underwater pics. That rock island looks incredible.
 
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