Northwest Dive Club

-Eric

A few more...

Bassman getting a good look at a squid... I'm wondering if that's an egg case in its belly? A few other sights...

Hi A small group of us had a run of dives at Three Tree yesterday. Not quite the initial 2, 4, 6, 8 that we originally hoped but fun nonetheless. And beer after :) One of the highlights of the last dive was a couple of opal squid swimming around near a nest of eggs. The nest was still very small. I ...

Jeff Pack wrote:1 tank 3.5 hours of diving...

When do you want to go? I can rarely find a buddy who wants to stay down for over 100 minutes.

I'm looking to carpool (drive or ride) with anybody coming down i405 (I'm in Bellevue) for the 6pm and 8pm dives. PM me.
-Eric

How about an 8pm? I could be up for a 6pm and an 8pm dive plus beer after too

Very nice. I can never control backscatter like that! Hi Matt, thanks. The tricks I hear people use to avoid backscatter are 1) use a lens that allows you to get closer to the subject 2) light from the side to prevent bounce-back to the lens, and 3) keep the cones of light coming off the strobes ou...

Hi Dave
Thanks. I might be going skiing Sunday. Let me know though, as there may not yet be enough snow to make it worth it.

Here's another pic. Note how the wolfie is half orange, half grey/blue!

Hi I came across this gunnel today which had a little too much Turkey to eat. I hope you all feel better than he looks! DSC_9371.jpg I also came across this funny little guy. Shaggy mouse, I believe DSC_9324.jpg Some other fun ones: DSC_9407.jpg DSC_9410.jpg DSC_9478.jpg DSC_9543.jpg Also got these ...

doing a second?

Hi
Anybody up for some noon-time diving on black friday?
Anywhere between Redondo and Muck, tides/weather allowing.
-Eric

Hi I joined Bassman's Thursday crew for some diving at TTN this Thursday. There were 4 dives done that day, I joined for dives 3 and 4. Viz was spectacular, as were the sights. Here were some of the highlights. We also saw lumpsuckers, octos, and other assorted goodies. TTN (2).jpg TTN (3).jpg TTN (...

Would meeting around 5:30 work for you?

Hi Keith
Have a fun dive dive at noon.

Unfortunately, I can't dive til after work. So thanks for letting us threadjack. I'm up for a night dive! Who's up for a photo-friendly thursday night dive?

Awesome wolfie shots!
The junkyard is a fun dive, it usually has some good finds!

Great video, looks like you had a great trip. It's been many years since I've been up there and I forgot how big the sponges were!

Love that ochre star aggregation.

Sweet pics!
Day Island's always one of my faves!

Hi Jesse
Thanks! I stand corrected. Winged sea slug, aka Pacific batwing seaslug
Anybody seen a real sea angel (clione limacina) around here? Those look pretty cool.

Hi H20Doc,
The batwing things (sea angels), seem to follow a cycle of swimming up the column, and then folding up their wings and drifting down again, and then repeating. I watched this one do it 5-6 times. It would make a cool video, but it would be very hard to focus, I would imagine!

Hi Went to Redondo with Bassman's Thursday Crew this week. Great diving as usual! Some of the finds included stubby squid, grunt sculpin, small octos, a couple sea angels, a small dog fish, a swimming(!) snailfish, small ambushing plainfin midshipman, and the usual suspects. Here are some of the pic...

I've been drying out too. Too much work! Hope I can make this one, I might take the whole day off!

Hooded nudibranchs were still at Redondo a couple weeks ago, I could be up for that! Three tree could be fun too.

Hi Viz was actually pretty good at depth. I didn't get a long dive in, but I can report that the hooded nudis are still there! We were there the other night and saw a lumpsucker and a bay pipefish too! :supz: My strobes been giving me problems lately so I don't have many pics but here are a few: Red...

Anybody up for a sunday morning camera dive tomorrow?
Redondo for hooded nudibranchs?
-Eric

Interesting encounter with a leopard seal!

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Hi Welcome to the addiction! I also have a d70 (on loan from DLH). The screen is so small and of so low contrast on the d70 that it is hard to know if you've exposed right. RAW gives you more flexibility in adjusting the exposure, because it doesn't compress away some of the details like JPG does. I...