Jardines De La Reina

[spencerjb22]

Hello,

First post on here, so hello to those I recognize off another forum and also to those I'm not so familiar with.

I went to this place last month and had a great time, thought I'd share some pics.

Set up Nikon D90 + 60mm and tokina 10-17 ( subsee reefnet used on some macro shots too )

Hope you like them


Framing The Shark by spencerjb22, on Flickr


DSC_0178 by spencerjb22, on Flickr


DSC_0233-2 by spencerjb22, on Flickr


DSC_0367 by spencerjb22, on Flickr



Goliath Grouper by spencerjb22, on Flickr



DSC_0105 by spencerjb22, on Flickr


Oi,I'm here....... by spencerjb22, on Flickr


Shark Portrait - 4/52 by spencerjb22, on Flickr



DSC_0304-2 by spencerjb22, on Flickr



DSC_0154 by spencerjb22, on Flickr


DSC_0441 by spencerjb22, on Flickr



DSC_0436 by spencerjb22, on Flickr



DSC_0120-2 by spencerjb22, on Flickr



DSC_0099-3 copy by spencerjb22, on Flickr


DSC_0396 by spencerjb22, on Flickr

[Mrs Calamity]

Wow.. lovely pictures. Not sure about the croc though!

Where is this?

[Tunicates]

Wow. Nice photos.

Just looked it up: Small chain of islands off the south coast of Cuba, and Fidels favourite fishing area - now a national park.

I've wanted to go to Cuba for some time - but torn between travelling inland, diving and being in Havana for the music (and taking my trombone).
Jardines de la raina is where the diving will be. Reef looks to be in great condition.

CBS 60minutes prog - very interesting The Gardens of the Queen - 60 Minutes - CBS News

[spencerjb22]

Wow. Nice photos.

Just looked it up: Small chain of islands off the south coast of Cuba, and Fidels favourite fishing area - now a national park.

I've wanted to go to Cuba for some time - but torn between travelling inland, diving and being in Havana for the music (and taking my trombone).
Jardines de la raina is where the diving will be. Reef looks to be in great condition.

CBS 60minutes prog - very interesting The Gardens of the Queen - 60 Minutes - CBS News

Thanks for the kind words.

The video link you've put up there pretty much tells it how it is. No smoke and mirrors. It's extremely well protected and there is a real sense of pride with what they have. Diving conditions are fantastic too.
Viz is fantastic and conditions are calm and relaxed. No current and great for photography.
You can only go via liveaboard as it's 6 hours sailing from mainland. We did a week on the boat with 3 scheduled dives a day, the guides are happy to do more if you wish and didn't charge a penny extra.
Food and service on the boat was the best we've had from a dive team.We booked with 'The Scuba Place'. Again, cannot fault their service, a chap called John runs things and top bloke.

We stayed in Havana for 5 nights too, which was fantastic, it's a fascinating city with so much to offer and hard to get bored.
Here are a few pics from Havana.


Havana - 5/52 by spencerjb22, on Flickr


Cuban Blues by spencerjb22, on Flickr


Clouded Vision by spencerjb22, on Flickr

[spencerjb22]

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[Tunicates]

More pictures Spencer!

Do either of you speak any spanish? if not then how easy was it to get by with english?

[Alex Tattersall]

Very nice!

[Eddie Clamp]

Bus trip around Havana that we before travelling and diving around Cayo Largo:

Great diving there too.

Eddie

[Eddie Clamp]

My Cayo Largo trip report here:

http://www.bsac.com/diverreports.asp?itemid=11709&itemTitle=Cayo+Largo%2C+Cuba+with+the+International+Diving+Centre+and+the+Scuba+Place&section=1217&sectionTitle=The+Caribbean

Eddie

[Simundo]

Nice pictures, love the topside ones too.

Did you day something inappropriate to the fish on the seventh photo???

[LCF]

Wonderful photographs, and show your versatility as a photographer, with the lovely macro shots of the blennies and the gorgeous wide-angle shots with the sharks. Thanks for putting these up!

[spencerjb22]

More pictures Spencer!

Do either of you speak any spanish? if not then how easy was it to get by with english?

Hi, thanks and might pop a few more on if i get chance. You can get buy just fine with English, especially in Havana.

[spencerjb22]

Wonderful photographs, and show your versatility as a photographer, with the lovely macro shots of the blennies and the gorgeous wide-angle shots with the sharks. Thanks for putting these up!

No worries, I love land photography as much as underwater, so thought i'd pop a few land ones up too. Glad you like them my friend.

[spencerjb22]

Wonderful photographs, and show your versatility as a photographer, with the lovely macro shots of the blennies and the gorgeous wide-angle shots with the sharks. Thanks for putting these up!

No worries, I love land photography as much as underwater, so thought i'd pop a few land ones up too. Glad you like them my friend.

[spencerjb22]

Nice pictures, love the topside ones too.

Did you day something inappropriate to the fish on the seventh photo???

Hi Simon, yeah he looks like he's saying something....got lots of diving planned this year,drop me a pm if you fancy a dip anytime soon with your camera.