Northwest Dive Club

Rob, nice shot of the shrimp. Those are very difficult to shoot. Looks like your rig is working out!

Gdog, I hear ya. I want to go to Cozumel soon, so I am anxious to hear about your trip. Safe travels!

Really, it's snowing outside and you post this???

Seriously, have fun and bring back some pics

Thanks Rich. I was pretty excited to see the squid out in the open.

Very nice Tom. I have never seen the sandalwood dorid before. Wish I could have made it out there.

Okay, Round 2! Mike, Rob, and I hit Fox Island for a little night diving on 3/8. I had to witness the Giant Nudibranch stalking the Tube Anemones for myself. I was fortunate to witness two attacks. The first was awesome. I sat and watched the nudibranch actually dive into the tube and get the anemon...

Austin,

Dude, my apologies but I got buried at work today. I cannot break away in time to hit Sound Rock, even for a late dive. I am going to try for something closer to Puyallup. Sorry about that.

Jesse

I've been thinking about this, and I would like to join you guys. But here's what I'm thinking. I won't be able to get there until 5:30 or 6. Sounds like the rest of the group might be winding up by then (because it sounds like you have a long day of diving planned). So if bucknacked or anyone want...

Good point. I agree, more $ on underwater gear.

Thanks Jim, it is tough to avoid over-exposing the shot with such a long shutter speed. Therefore, you need to take the picture dawn or evening. Or any of the gloomy days here

NIce pics, Jesse. Or was that Chezzie? :smt064 (sorry, I couldn't help myself) :notworthy: What shutter/exposure settings did you have to go to for the wave-smoothed shots that day? They turned out great... Tripod, or just balance the camera on a handy rock? Jim Jim, Sorry for the delayed response....

Tom, you weren't kidding on the Scaleyhead. Nice photos!

cardiver wrote:Great shots, Jesse! I'd love to do a night dive at WW soon.......

I am game anytime, let's do it! I am sure Rob3 and Penders would join us too. Parking is limited so we may have to carpool. Can you dive from an SUV? I don't want to throw off your mojo.

Picture #4 is the bomb! I think it is a contest winner :-) Thanks for posting dude!

Dusty2 wrote:I feel better now! I thought people were just going to ignore him!

I knew cardiver would deliver the goods :-)

Met up with Rob3, mpenders, and Charlie for Fox Island diving. Our first dive took us to Fox Island East Wall, and Penders timed this perfectly. We started with a slight current that nudged us north. This took us to a shallow slope toward the end of the wall. Once the current slacked and then turned...

The grunt in the tube is way cool. Nice shot!

Ron, that third shot (the red octo) is pretty sweet!

Agreed, Mr. Heater was the bomb! You were already cold heading into the water, how long did you all last on the second dive?

Nice Thursday meet up and dive with Mike, Jeff, Ron, Rob, Tom, Keith, and Elise. Several divers went straight out and deep, current was kicking just a bit. Mike and I walked to the house with the antlers and then dropped in at about 30'. We swam down to no mans land and then kicked agains the curren...

Jeff, come on. That was a letter-high fastball for Joshua!

Now I'm working at trying to photograph ancient Mayan bones that are found way back in the Underwater Caves of the Yucatan Peninsula . Taking a good photo of a pile of bones laying on the floor of a cave is challenging. I certainly have lots of "boring" bone photos. On my last trip I was ...

Grateful Diver wrote:I had always wanted to photograph a whale shark ... did that last month.

Not sure what else would be at the top of the list ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Very cool opportunity to cross that one off your list. I would agree that whale sharks would be pretty high on my list too!

Narwhal or Beluga in the wild and Sea Dragons in the wild.. and one day getting a shot of Sounder.. diving... in the wild ! :) Great subjects. A Narwal would be an awesome experience. Sea dragons are also very cool. Narwals and Sea Dragons are certainly in two different parts of the world, two grea...

I have been putting together a top 10-15 subjects I'd like to photograph in my lifetime. I'd love to hear what critters, wrecks, or scenes are at the top of others list. My top 3 are: mimic octopus, Pygmy seahorse (or any seahorse), and a hammerhead shark. I'd take a six-gill in place of the hammerh...