Northwest Dive Club

Circle of life well captured! You'd think the stubbies would grow bigger eating like that.

Scubie Doo wrote:I may stop by to meet stphnmartin and jpa, but I can't dive.

We're not interesting enough to warrant a trip without diving! :-)

Cool. Love the black and white shots and the bubbles scene. Very artful. Fitting music too.

On the one hand I'm glad I didn't have to travel so far for an authentic sea lion experience. But, on the other hand the viz does look awesome at Hornby Island!

So, I take it the general consensus is sea lions play rough but are otherwise safe to hang out with?

Beautiful shots. It's like Keystone is a magical place. I need to get there more often! Thanks for sharing. Love the warbonnet, top snails and dorid.

On Sunday JPA, myself and another dive buddy ventured out to Blakely Rock. Currents were predicted to be very nice and we left early to dive China wall and then the east reef (Shangri-La) at slack. It was a beautiful morning and the sun was just coming up as we departed the Alki boat launch. A quick...

I'm in. I think JPA is coming as well.

YE what's the scale of the pink mouth hydroids? Basically, how large are they?

That was my experience there as well. I scoured every sponge around that island to no avail!

Congrats on 500 dives! Hope it was a great time. Looking forward to the photos. Did you need the frogfish hand signal?

2/7 Blakely rock, china wall 15-20 feet.

Very cool! And the water was probably heated too!

Shaggy mouse convention!

Wow, those kelp crabs are looking pretty passionate!

I'm out this week. Back in next week!

I'm still rendering at 1080p but wanted the flexibility 4k offered for the benefits you mentioned. I had snagged a different LUT I found online after looking into gopro 4k workflows with FCP. I've yet to use it. Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. Same with proxy media. I didn't have a need for ...

Thanks all and thanks for the tips ljjames. I hadn't thought of turning the gopro around mainly because I don't want to see my face. :-) But catching a buddy up to something or an approaching tiger shark is a good idea. I read online I should use protune but didn't really know what to expect. I'm al...

ScubaJess wrote:Great pics Stephen! I really love the Hermit Love! Those guys are hilarious!
Crazy about the super friendly wolf eel! JPA is super brave!

Thanks Jess. That wolf eel was very friendly and not a threat like most of them!

Scubak wrote:Wow!!!
Awesome. I haven't dove there from shore in awhile. Would love to tag along next time.
Kirsten

Thanks! I'll let you know next time we're diving down south!

What does it mean when a grunt sculpin in sitting under the tube worm? Okay, bad mistletoe parody.

Closed out January with a single dive at Sunrise with JPA. It was a major high tide with no beach at the end of the trail. The surface current was wind blown north. As we were gearing up two cars of teenagers pull into the parking lot. It was about 9am. 1 guy and two girls got out of the cars and we...

I have a trip to Raja Ampat coming up in March and was thinking of ways to basically cover every scenario I could encounter with my video camera. It's tough to be ready for everything, but since I'll probably only get to this destination once in my life, I want to stack the odds in my favor. I usual...

1/31 Sunrise Beach (not via boat!) 15-20 feet. The cloudiness seems to be lessening a bit.

derekcs wrote:https://derekcs.smugmug.com/Underwater/ ... 2016-01-28

Love the stubby eye. Were the crabs eating one of their own?

Two nice shots. Apparently your squid shot did turn out! I didn't really get much on video. Was great diving last night!