Junkyard 10/14

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Junkyard 10/14

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Met up with Vadsam and one of his friends to do a dive today at Junkyard. Haven't been in the sound for about 3 weeks, so I was itching to get back in. Good 30ft vis the first dive, dropping a bit on the second. Saw a couple new things. Overall was a good day.

Started out immediately with a Sturgeon Poacher. Never seen one before today.

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Followed by a Rose star, which is another new one for me.

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And of course the familiar creatures that are all over the place.

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Second dive we had 2 octos.

The first one was stubborn and wouldn't come out from under its log

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And the second one was playing nice out in the open for a bit.

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Finally it got annoyed with my strobes and decided it was done.

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Very cool.
There are often rose stars and poachers at that site for some reason. Sea spiders too, though finding those can be a bit more subtle...
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Wow great snaps! It's always fun to see new critters & octos in the open :-)
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Great photos and super sharp focus!
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Very sharp shots, nice work! What are you shooting?
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It's an Olympus E-M5mkII and the Olympus 60mm Macro lens.
Dual YS-D2 strobes
Nauticam Housing/port

I think the lens is my favorite of any that I've used (including my old Canon dslr stuff). Maybe not quite as nice as the 70-200 2.8L for topside stuff, but it's close. I would have liked to get the E-M1mkII, but that was way out of my price range. Managed to get this one used.
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