With only two weekends left before we head back up to Vancouver Island we needed to iron out a few minor issues. I've been trying a different wide angle lens as well as a different macro setup lately. I've also been having leaks in my dry gloves. We made two shakeout dives today and I solved none of those issues. At least we had bad visibility to make it a normal dive day.
At Hermosa Artificial Reef I tried to get wide angle shots of Giant Sea Bass and California Broomtail Groupers. Vis was about four feet and the only time I saw any GSBs was when they came right up to me. Thanks to strobes and Photoshop they look a lot better than the ones I saw underwater.
Merry was smarter than I. She used her 105mm lens.
At Golf Ball Reef we had a smog alert on the bottom. A current was sweeping a dirty layer of water over us making photography difficult. I had a Giant Sea Bass swim up to me here as well but I was using a 105mm lens this time. Go Figure. I did find another Thordisa rubescens though so the day wasn't a total loss.
Thordisa rubescens
Navanax inermis laying eggs
Cyclops Hudson's dorid
Pycnoclavella stanleyi
Fragile tube worms, Salmacina tribranchiata
California scorpionfish, Scorpaena guttata
Guardians of Golf Ball Reef
At Hermosa Artificial Reef I tried to get wide angle shots of Giant Sea Bass and California Broomtail Groupers. Vis was about four feet and the only time I saw any GSBs was when they came right up to me. Thanks to strobes and Photoshop they look a lot better than the ones I saw underwater.
Merry was smarter than I. She used her 105mm lens.
At Golf Ball Reef we had a smog alert on the bottom. A current was sweeping a dirty layer of water over us making photography difficult. I had a Giant Sea Bass swim up to me here as well but I was using a 105mm lens this time. Go Figure. I did find another Thordisa rubescens though so the day wasn't a total loss.
Thordisa rubescens
Navanax inermis laying eggs
Cyclops Hudson's dorid
Pycnoclavella stanleyi
Fragile tube worms, Salmacina tribranchiata
California scorpionfish, Scorpaena guttata
Guardians of Golf Ball Reef
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