Awesome Red irish

[Dusty2]

This guy looks like somethng from 10,000 BC

[Maverick]

Nice

[LCF]

I love Red Irish Lords, and the wide variety of colors they can exhibit. I found one once at Sunrise that was LAVENDER. The eyes, with their gold speckles, are always very cool.

[Maverick]

this one is from Nakwakto rapids BC, Port Hardy

[LCF]

If the colors are true, that picture looks almost like the lavender one I found at Sunrise. I didn't think they could change that much!

[Dusty2]

They certinly can. Check out this guy from norrinders. Note the eggs in the background

[nwscubamom]

Here's my favorite one, shot up in Barkley Sound, BC....I have NEVER seen one this camouflaged!

- Janna

[Maverick]

My colors are true in that one from Nakwakto. I didn't even recognize it, but John Rawlings said it was one and shocked me, i thought it was a buffalo sculpin.

[Greg Jensen]

I have NEVER seen one this camouflaged!

Never? Does that mean you've been playing with photoshop again?

Those Barkley sound ones seem especially talented- here's one from Bamfield. I like how it not only matches the coralline algae, it also matches the speckles from tubeworms sticking up through the coralline algae.

[dwashbur]

Here's a link to one guarding eggs inside one of the jackstraw pilings at Cove 2 that we found back in December:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 ... h_eggs.jpg

Greg, how are you doing that thing with your images to resize them on the fly?

[Greg Jensen]

Beats me. Seems to do it automatically- maybe they changed something with the site. Could be why I couldn't find Janna's message about re-sizing pictures that used to be at the head of the list?

[Dusty2]

They are some talented fishies! Amazing shots of amazing fish! Wohoo! That's what I like to see

Thanks everyone

[Biodiversity_Guy]

Those are some amazing examples of blending in while being colorful to boot.

[dwashbur]

Beats me. Seems to do it automatically- maybe they changed something with the site. Could be why I couldn't find Janna's message about re-sizing pictures that used to be at the head of the list?

Okay, let's see if it works for me...



Nope. Do you just use the "img" tags?

[Scott G]

Great shots, they are fun to photograph, heard and seen people pick them up and they sort of just go in a cateleptic position... i know i've just about taken eyeball photo's of them and they didn't move.

Impressive tolerance of the fish and bravery of YOY crab.


Saw a juv this year, first one i've seen, it was much more skittish.

[nwscubamom]

Here's a link to one guarding eggs inside one of the jackstraw pilings at Cove 2 that we found back in December:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 ... h_eggs.jpg

Greg, how are you doing that thing with your images to resize them on the fly?

Dave and Greg,

I removed the thing at the start of the section because when Calvin recently updated the site, it sorta made this problem no longer a problem.

Dave - simply upload your photo - any size - as an attachment, and once it's uploaded, click the tab to place it inline with the text. It will do the rest for you.

Hope that works...

-Janna

[dwashbur]

Here's a link to one guarding eggs inside one of the jackstraw pilings at Cove 2 that we found back in December:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 ... h_eggs.jpg

Greg, how are you doing that thing with your images to resize them on the fly?

Dave and Greg,

I removed the thing at the start of the section because when Calvin recently updated the site, it sorta made this problem no longer a problem.

Dave - simply upload your photo - any size - as an attachment, and once it's uploaded, click the tab to place it inline with the text. It will do the rest for you.

Hope that works...

-Janna

Okay, let's give it a whirl:

I say, Eeyore, good show! I searched all through the help files and such for how to do this and couldn't find a thing. Maybe something there needs a revamping as well? I'll help if need be. In any case, that's very cool. And now you can see the whole picture

[John Rawlings]

I am always amazed at how beautifuly diverse Red Irish lords can be depending on their immediate environment. Here's one that is primarily yellow. The shot was taken in the Browning Pass area this year when I was diving up at the "Hideaway".

Click on the image to enlarge it.

[John Rawlings]

Man! Red Irish Lords are among my absolute favorite photo subjects! Here's a few other shots that I especially like. Once again, click on the images to enlarge and for greater clarity.

[enchantmentdivi]

I love their eyes!!

[nwscubamom]

And I love their little red santa hats!

- Janna

[dwashbur]

Here's one from Cove 2, with a bunch of parasites on him. You'll need to click on the pic and enlarge it to see them. I'm just guessing, but I suspect he'd rather have the Santa hat...

[Dusty2]

And I love their little red santa hats!

- Janna

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Thats cheating!

I didn't know I was starting a red Irish thread here but It's really great! So many wonderful variations on the same theme and so many great photos. I don't think I could ever tire of seeing all the great colors these guys are capable of, even dressing up for the season :smt038 . Who knew?

Hey, Janna what is the difference between the red and brown irishes and how can you tell the difference? Here are two that I'm not sure of.

OOPS! After looking more closly I'm thinking these might be padded sculpins???

[rjarnold]

I see your Irish Lord and raise you.... what else? Frogfish!
http://www.deepseaimages.com/dsilibrary ... 27&cat=914

[Zen Diver]

Here's one guarding the family (Redondo, Dec 2007)