Northwest Dive Club

Fellow photographers. I finally dove into the SmugMug world and I must say that I have been very pleased. By the way, if you are interested in signing up for SmugMug do not hesitate to ask for a discount. They will send you a discount code right away. In fact, they sent one for 20% off. I wrote back...

Agreed, great article and photography. I really enjoyed the barnacle photo. I have been trying to capture the beauty of those little creatures for a while. I saw that photo and thought "That's exactly what I was looking for!" Great job.

Great shore diving in Kona! Puako is great with easy access, also dove place-of-refuge (another easy entry). The two dives to do via boat are the manta dive dive and black water dive (I didn't get to do the BW dive, I heard it was great!). You can check out some of my photos and videos for a taste :...

Gotta go with Kona. Best diving of my life last month. Hotel rates are cheap as is airfare. I got upgraded to first class on Alaska too. They are really competitive since they are new to the Hawaiian islands.

photos from our dive (without my strobes working :-) http://jessemiller.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album45 photos from the manta dive http://jessemiller.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album47 video from manta dive http://jessemiller.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?s...

Dude, diving with Eric was great. He is a fantastic guide! Kona diving was phenomenal!

You betcha. FB or PM me to coordinate.

Eric,

BTW - Let me know if you need anything from the mainland. Smoked Salmon, Halibut Cheeks, Dungeness Crab, Almond Roca... When I visit Ohau and Maui I am usually bringing treats for my wife's family, so no big deal bringing some extra items :-)

Jesse

Will do Sockmonkey. Looking forward to some Kona diving. I will have a car, so an hour north is no problem.

I will be there June 25th through July 2nd. Looking for a dive buddy too!

Aloha,

I will be in Kona June 25th through July 2nd. I have a couple boat dives setup. However, I would like to squeeze in 2-6 shore dives. Is there anyone out there willing to buddy up with me?

Just got back from West Palm Beach. Here are a couple of my favorite shots from my 2 dives. Thanks again for the advice!

Awesome, thanks Greg. I thought the fish was a scalyhead, but I had never seen one that color.

I fish was found at Three Tree North at about 30'.

The other species looked like a shrimp of some kind. I saw it at Jorstad Creek at about 25' depth. I could not find either in Lamb and Hanby's book.

Thanks for your help.

This is one of the reasons I love diving! There are so many talented people that unselfishly share with others. Thanks for posting this Greg!

Wow, really cool color change. Nice job.

These two photos are the same Octo. Pretty amazing color change!

Awesome! Thanks everyone. I will post a couple photos once I return.

I am heading the West Palm Beach Florida in a couple weeks for business. I am squeezing a day of diving in. Do I need to make any camera adjustments or do I need any filters to shoot in blue tropical waters? I have only shot in our dark green waters :biggrin: I am shooting most shots in Manual Mode ...

Dusty 2, thanks. I thought it was a red but it just looked really smooth. Usually I don't see them stay that smooth for 5-10 shots.

I was going through some albums and came across this guy. I know octos can change their texture, but I have several shots of this fella and he is smooth in everyone. Has anyone seen this smooth texture on a small octo? Thanks.

Janna,

I don't know if my photos are good enough for this. But here are a few of my better photos from the list. All photos are available in RAW format too.

Thanks,
Jesse

Let me clarify. I meant a 2 foot six gill pup swimming right toward my face and I wanted a head on shot. :biggrin:

Thanks for all your help and advice. I played around with the settings at Redondo last night and discovered some issues. When in AV mode I need to set the flash to manual. Otherwise the strobe fires twice and any lighting (dive or focus) distorts the image. I also used Manual mode and that worked as...

Nice photos Greg. I like the white tip, nice shot of the shark "in action". I saw four of these guys inside Molokini Crater, but they were resting :-)