I admit it, as a photographer the first thing I see in an image is color.  Some people see texture, some see composition, but I see color.   Growing up,  most of the time I spent in the water was either in a pool or in a fresh water lake. Ok if you are lucky a pool is a nice color blue and a lake is some what clear and you can see fish.    Imagine my surprise the first time I went snorkeling in the Caribbean.  Lots of colors in sponges and fish and coral. 

It seemed to me that there was a lot of opportunity to see even more color if I could stay underwater longer than I could hold my breath.  So when my daughter said she wanted to learn how to dive I was ready to try it out.   Now any time I can go diving in the ocean, I am ready to see the amazing colors that exist.