Hood Canal Photos

[tangfish]

I just got back from Hood Canal with the Northwest Dive Club. We had an awesome time with about 25 members and spouses.

I just finished uploading the photos to my gallery, check em out if you have a moment.

 

[stardiver]

Great photos! Would you mind sharing what is your setup? One day, I too will take photos worth showing to others.....

Was this Sund Rock or Octopus Hole? Or neither?

thanks

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[tangfish]

Thanks for the compliment :sappy:

I'm shooting with a Canon SD500 Elph and SeaLife SL-960D strobe.

I wrote a review of the Canon here.

Photography definitely gives you something pleasurable to do while diving. You should give it a try sometime

Those photos were mostly from Sund Rock, with a few from Octopus Hole

 

[TSandM]

Wow, you guys had a productive series of dives! Calvin, you consistently get some of the best photographs of our local wildlife that I've seen from anybody. I love your site, and your gallery, AND the display program you use. Thank you for sharing these!

 

[dsteding]

Very cool Calvin. Do I dare ask what the vis was like out there?

 

[Nailer99]

The vis was not too bad, actually; for Puget sound in the summer, at any rate. 5-10 feet near the surface, but below 30-40', we probably had 20' or better a few times. It was a lot of fun!

 

[Sasquatch]

Nice stuff!

Thanks for sharing.

 

[tangfish]

Wow, you guys had a productive series of dives! Calvin, you consistently get some of the best photographs of our local wildlife that I've seen from anybody. I love your site, and your gallery, AND the display program you use. Thank you for sharing these!

:blush: Wow TSandM, thank you so much for the kind words, I'm not sure that they're deserved, but they sure sound nice nonetheless. I'm pretty much just an average diver who always keep the camera handy

Nailer99 is right on with the vis report. It really varied a lot from dive to dive. I saw my first spiny dogfishes on this trip. There were many of them. I probably saw at least a couple each dive. Then, I did a pair of dives at Sunrise today and saw one there too. Is it just coincidence or is it the time of year?



Thanks to you too Sasquatch. The nice words make me want to get off my duff and upload some more photos. Taking them is easy, actually putting a gallery up is something that I procrastinate to no end. :shakehead

 

[gcbryan]

Regarding the Dogfish it's the time of the year although I haven't seen one yet this year. The Dogfish and the Sixgills seem to show up around the same time but it seems to me that the Sixgills stay around longer.

We were at Sund Rock a few days ago and didn't seen any Dogfish (unfortunately). I did see a China Rockfish at Sekiu yesterday (one of my favorite fish).

Nice pictures by the way.

 

[Nailer99]

A diver out at Sund this weekend told me that the Sixgills like to eat the Dogfish, so it makes sense you'd see them together....