My other hobby, even more beautiful than Orchids

[Jeffery]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Nope. Was one of the pirates from Singapore. The scenes you'll see me most prominently are:

1. When Elizabeth Swan rows up to the shores of Singapore in a little dingy, and three Asian pirates come out of the sewer to greet her. I'm the one with a spike on the helmet.

2. In the bathhouse as Elizabeth Swan is told to remove all her weapons, I'm the one she tosses her gun holsters in the face at.

In reality I'm all throughout the film, you gotta not blink that's all!

As much as it was my movie, Pirates 3 was a bit of a disappointment, but yet in my opinion much better done than the 2nd. It doesn't beat the 1st though.

The plot for P3 was too convoluted. Many people couldn't keep up with it. I kept up with it fine, but I understand how many people wouldn't have been able to.

It's also one of those situations where everything just got "bigger". The action was "bigger". There was more of it. There were more pirates. There was more explosions. There was more treachery and betrayal. Everything was bigger, "better", badder!!!

Alas, it was also overkill.

Then I thought they wasted so many good storylines and characters. Everything seemed very rushed and hectic.

Despite all this, it was still a fun popcorn movie worth watching (more so than the ever so forgetable P2).



California doesn't have the same kind of reefs that many people commonly think about when they hear the word "reef".

CA has cold water "reefs" that mainly consist of small non-reef building stony corals, soft corals, and anemones.

I've never been to Catalina, but I do know a little about the Catalina goby.

Catalina gobies are usually sold as tropical fish, but they're temperate water fish. I've never seen pictures of them in the wild, but I imagine, again, it's not a reef that people commonly think about when they hear the word "reef". I think it's a cold water reef that consists of small to tiny non-reef building stony corals that resemble Tubastrea aurea, soft corals, and anemones.

The Strawberry Anemone (Corynactis californica) is a resident of a cold water reef community, apparently it's a soft coral and not an anemone.

http://emeralddiving.com/images/Stra...%20Anemone.jpg

Corynactis californica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shiver me timbers, a pirate!! bet that was fun huh!!

I read they got Red Gorgonian also out there, much to deep for snorkling, some nice life out on Catalina, but not exactly what I had in mind though as far as seeing a reef... one of these days, actually my dream is to dive on the great barrier reef, that would be cool.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by Jeffery

Shiver me timbers, a pirate!! bet that was fun huh!!

Yeah, it was. These kinds of experiences don't always roll around, so I made sure to do as much as I could while I was out of the US.

Originally Posted by Jeffery

I read they got Red Gorgonian also out there, much to deep for snorkling, some nice life out on Catalina, but not exactly what I had in mind though as far as seeing a reef... one of these days, actually my dream is to dive on the great barrier reef, that would be cool.

Cold water reefs may not be as impressive as the tropical reefs such as The Great Barrier Reef, but it's got a beauty all of it's own.

I hope you get to see both cold water and tropical coral reefs.

If I were in your shoes and I had to pick a tropical coral reef to go to first, I'd visit the ones in the Caribbean before they get totally destroyed.

I'm not exaggerating when I said the Elkhorn Corals were in trouble over there.

Maybe if you're lucky you'll see an Elkhorn Coral that's intact and as large if not larger than the one I saw.

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by Jeffery

The pic you had posted that you took in Palau, the colors on that rock and fish are just amazing, those look like some kind Anthias I think... cool pics of the sea horses.

Thanks! Yes, those were most likely Pseudanthias dispar and the seahorses I gave to a friend who had better equipment for them.

Actually, I think I'm gonna post the rest of those Palau pics online right now!! lol