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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:32 am
by Tom Nic
Jan K wrote:Diver Jan doll? You guys try to scare little children with something which looks like me ? :pale:
NOT like you Jan! [-X But like the awesome little diver caricature that you draw... quite a cute fellow... which I would not say about you... but then I certainly don't know you, so... #-o

Ah the marketing geniuses at NWDiveClub hard at work again...

Thanks again Jan for sharing your amazing work, and for putting up with all of the suggestions from us "peanut gallery" folk! :prayer:

Slug SAFARI

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:27 am
by Jan K
I hope the doll will not be made in China. Hate to be recalled in the very beginning of my new life as a doll #-o

Meanwhile, I just keep on diving :salute:
Common, but beautiful slug on recent Safari ...

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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:40 am
by Tom Nic
Gorgeous!

Seems like such a shame to call nudi's "slugs"...

Crab fest

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:46 pm
by Jan K
Slow day on Whidbey -

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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:04 pm
by Jan K
Not your usual critter. In case you come across this, Google says - pollution is lurking nearby :book:

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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:37 pm
by Tom Nic
I think I've seen this in Commencement Bay... :pale:

Not sure if this is the same stuff... I think it showed up in the pics below, but was also in patches on the bottom, which of course I didn't take pictures of because it wasn't "worth shooting".
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:43 pm
by Zen Diver
I've seen this before too, also on Comencement Bay (and others) and often wondered what it was. Finally, an answer. Thanks Jan!

-Valerie

Striped Nudibranch

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:05 pm
by Jan K
Slug snack

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Armina eggs

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:56 am
by Jan K
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:44 pm
by LCF
Oh, those are cool pictures -- I'll have to keep my eyes open for those egg coils.

I learn so much from your pages, Jan!

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:01 pm
by Jan K
Thank you LCF -
OK, just so you don’t think that I am lazy and ignore the book issue. Here is a little update. I am working on it and it will not simply be just a reprint of the pages you see on this thread. So it is more work for me, but since it is work of love I I am not a professional writer/ photographer/publisher etc.) so I would like to be it something I am not ashamed of. I already send out some pages to on-line printers to see how it comes out on printed page. Some are OK, some are lousy and although cheaper, I would not use them - as I said - after all the effort, some WOW has to be involved here. I did not realize how much hassle is involved. One company prints only horizontal and hardcover. Another only vertical and softcover. At this point, I tend to lean towards soft cover (Cheaper mailing, and vertical works well with the material I am using). The hard cover sample I made pleased my ws so much, that they ordered them for gifts, mostly for their kids, since it has only 20 pages and it gives just a glimpse of what is underwater here. Of course, ordering photo books in such small numbers from on-line company is expensive and would not be practical for the many-page book I have in mind. So I am still searching. If you are interested in the “Beneath the Whidbey Waters” I made for my wife’s coworkers, flier is on my Smugmug since I don’t want to use this site to promote it. Please I welcome any feedback on the issue. Thank you.

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Sign me up!!!

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:57 am
by Huskychemist
Jan K wrote:Thank you LCF -
OK, just so you don’t think that I am lazy and ignore the book issue. Here is a little update. I am working on it and it will not simply be just a reprint of the pages you see on this thread. So it is more work for me, but since it is work of love I I am not a professional writer/ photographer/publisher etc.) so I would like to be it something I am not ashamed of. I already send out some pages to on-line printers to see how it comes out on printed page. Some are OK, some are lousy and although cheaper, I would not use them - as I said - after all the effort, some WOW has to be involved here. I did not realize how much hassle is involved. One company prints only horizontal and hardcover. Another only vertical and softcover. At this point, I tend to lean towards soft cover (Cheaper mailing, and vertical works well with the material I am using). The hard cover sample I made pleased my ws so much, that they ordered them for gifts, mostly for their kids, since it has only 20 pages and it gives just a glimpse of what is underwater here. Of course, ordering photo books in such small numbers from on-line company is expensive and would not be practical for the many-page book I have in mind. So I am still searching. If you are interested in the “Beneath the Whidbey Waters” I made for my wife’s coworkers, flier is on my Smugmug since I don’t want to use this site to promote it. Please I welcome any feedback on the issue. Thank you.

Jan,

Since I live "afar" in Thailand now, I love being able to follow the goings-on of Puget Sound with your pictures (and others) here and on NorthwestDiver.com. I often check your thread on both websites, even knowing almost all of your work is double posted. That way, I get to see it twice!

When you finish the "real" book, can you airmail one to Thailand for me?

If it will fit in an 8 1/2 x 11 envelope and is under four pounds, it's only $11 shipping...which I'd gladly pay to get your book.

Regardless, happy diving, and thanks of sharing your work.

Lowell

Re: Sign me up!!!

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:04 am
by Jan K
When you finish the "real" book, can you airmail one to Thailand for me? Lowell
Hi Lowell, good to hear from you ! I hope Thailand is good to you. Of course I will send the book to you if and when it is finished. Not for this Christmas, but in Thailand - Christmas is probably not a holiday anyway...Hope you get some good warm water diving in, here we got a wet and cold spell right now... Take care, stay in touch .. Jan

Slimy worm

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:07 pm
by Jan K
From the underside of a floating dock.

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Kelp crab

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:34 pm
by Jan K
Vegetarian? HA! True colors exposed. Carnivore! :axe:

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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:07 pm
by LCF
More learning! Jan, you're a treasure.

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:04 am
by GillyWeed
Jan! I received my book (s) the other day! Beneath Widby Waters I LOVE IT!!! Everyone should get one. It is truely beautiful and now I want more!! Bravo!

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:55 am
by Jan K
GW, I am glad you like the book !
And now back to our regular schedule :book:
It is still not clearly understood why some of the nudibranch engage in what is called tailing, queuing or tailgating. It starts with one slug following the mucus trail of another and then contact the tail end and follow the leader to whatever destination it has in its mind. This example is not the correct one, since we are dealing with completely different species, the Noble Dorid is not about to eat the small Hudson's. Surely just an coincidental meeting..

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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:45 pm
by Pez7378
Hahaha. So here is the diver marvelling at the size of the smaller Nudi. And suddenly he gets run over by this GINORMOUS tailgater!! Funny cartoon JanK.

Egg-Yolk Jellyfish

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:18 pm
by Jan K
Lately, the jellies at Keystone appear little tattered, but still favored transportation for lot of tiny critters..

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Great Sculpin

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:16 pm
by Jan K
I don't know if this is the Moby Dick of Great sculpins, but it sure doesn't fit their usual camo appearance :book:

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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:30 pm
by Tom Nic
What a beaut! :prayer: ...well, for a Great Sculpin anyway!

Broadbase tunicate

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:06 am
by Jan K
When I took picture of the "deflated" tunicate, I did not know what I was looking at. Only when I looked at it at home on the computer screen I realized what it was. #-o

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Re: Great Sculpin

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:13 am
by John Rawlings
Jan K wrote:I don't know if this is the Moby Dick of Great sculpins, but it sure doesn't fit their usual camo appearance :book:
So, Jan.....should we now "call you Ishmael"????

- John

Re: Great Sculpin

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:07 am
by Jan K
So, Jan.....should we now "call you Ismael"????
- John
...having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly OCTOBER in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off -- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can..... :) [/quote]