God's Pocket Oct 2016

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God's Pocket Oct 2016

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Howdy Folks!

I just got back from a great trip to God's Pocket up near the northern tip of Vancouver Island. This is definitely one of my favorite dive areas, and this trip did not disappoint. Bill & Annie had a class act as usual. The weather was a bit dicey at times (with 3 dives really tucked in) but the reef was beautiful!

We had a great crew of 13 divers. 12 of us had cameras, so it was a lot of fun!

This trip I got to play with a new vertical-mount camera tray that I've devised. I'm really liking it!

Here were some of the snaps:
SJ cruising over the reef at Snowfall
SJ cruising over the reef at Snowfall
This Puget Sound King Crab was truly the king of the reef
This Puget Sound King Crab was truly the king of the reef
Black rockfish
Black rockfish
Egg yolk jelly
Egg yolk jelly
Leather stars lined Buttertart Reef
Leather stars lined Buttertart Reef
Browning Wall
Browning Wall
This egg yolk jelly drifted down a down-current on browning wall
This egg yolk jelly drifted down a down-current on browning wall
Red soft corrals, a blood star, decorator crab, yoy rockfish and boring yellow sponges make this scene
Red soft corrals, a blood star, decorator crab, yoy rockfish and boring yellow sponges make this scene
Feather boa kelp
Feather boa kelp
Red soft corrals
Red soft corrals
A small number of ochre stars lined the shallows
A small number of ochre stars lined the shallows
This egg-yolk jelly was huge.  Nearly as big as a diver, the bell was huge!
This egg-yolk jelly was huge. Nearly as big as a diver, the bell was huge!
Surf anemones
Surf anemones
Basket star
Basket star
Fish eating anemones.  This scene also contains a ringed top snail as well as brooding anemones
Fish eating anemones. This scene also contains a ringed top snail as well as brooding anemones
A view from windy reef
A view from windy reef
Kelp in the sun
Kelp in the sun
China Rockfish!
China Rockfish!
You can see why these are called Egg Yolk jellies
You can see why these are called Egg Yolk jellies
Great diving!
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Eric, those are fantastic. The colors! Very well done!!
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Beautiful wide angle photography. Really shows off the magical place. Too bad it is not closer to Whidbey :)
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Stunning photos!
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Excellent work capturing that beautiful place Eric! Perfect egg yolk!
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very nice Eric, be fun for a group to go up there.
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There are no words to describe how Fantastic and beautiful diving God's Pocket on the top of Vancouver Island, BC is but a photos worth a 1,000 words, so here's a lot of photos! Thanks so much to Annie, Bill & Richard Salas for another epic life changing week! I learned a lot about diving and strobe lighting!

Thanks to YellowEye for being my dive buddy!
Also holy epic wide angle vertical shots! I want to be like you one day! Lighting WA is crazy! I love all the color and life you captured and the super cool Star Trek Enterprise D jellyfish shot!

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Great pics got to get back there one day
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Really nice compositions, YE! The leather star and king crab shots are really cool.
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Happy Halloween!
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And more. It was just too cool!
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Great pictures!! Need to get up there someday.
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Just lovely!

Vancouver Island truly as some of the best diving in the world.
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