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That octo looks small like our red octos

Gdog wrote:That octo looks small like our red octos

I know. It was tiny! I could barely see it with my naked eye. In fact, I pointed it out to the dive guide and signaled octopus, he shook his head “no”. He said there wasn’t an octopus there until I showed him the pic


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Awesome report Jesse!!

I especially love that squat, and the bobtail, crab in anemones, wonderpus, seastar, Reef squid, cuttlefish, and porcelain crab on the click thru! Amazing shots!

Great spending the trip with you!

YellowEye wrote:Awesome report Jesse!!

I especially love that squat, and the bobtail, crab in anemones, wonderpus, seastar, Reef squid, cuttlefish, and porcelain crab on the click thru! Amazing shots!

Great spending the trip with you!

Thanks YE, had a blast. It was such a great adventure


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It is impossible to pick up favorites, you guys sure came back with a treasure chest of fantastic photos. What a show ! Fantastic camera work.
Thanks for sharing.

Jan K wrote:It is impossible to pick up favorites, you guys sure came back with a treasure chest of fantastic photos. What a show ! Fantastic camera work.
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you JK, you have always been such a great inspiration to me personally. Truly appreciate the kind words my friend.


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Love the above water shots SJ and VJW.

Excellent and detailed report Jesse. Was nice to relive the experience. Love all your pics but the tassled scorpion fish is other worldly.

Wish our stubbies were colored like the bobtail!

stphnmartin wrote:Love the above water shots SJ and VJW.

Excellent and detailed report Jesse. Was nice to relive the experience. Love all your pics but the tassled scorpion fish is other worldly.

Wish our stubbies were colored like the bobtail!

Agreed SM. The top side shots are great. Can’t wait to see all the video footage too then the thread will be complete


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Thank you for the detailed trip report! I liked how you shared how you got the shots too - makes me feel like I’m there! Love all the pictures but especially the intricate texture of the frog fish and the many colors reflected in its eye. Wow!

Vjw wrote:Thank you for the detailed trip report! I liked how you shared how you got the shots too - makes me feel like I’m there! Love all the pictures but especially the intricate texture of the frog fish and the many colors reflected in its eye. Wow!

Thanks Val. Before we left there was so little info about Tompotika and the critters, so I really wanted to make sure I captured as much as possible in photo and word form.


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Pretty damn amazing shots, Jesse! I love it when you guys go to exotic places and share with the rest of us <big thumbs up>

Holy Spock!!!!! Super Beautiful pics Jesse!!! Also I love you super detailed report. You are the best!!! It was so much fun diving with you guys! I cannot wait for our next adventure!!!

I'm sooooooooooooo jealous of your super adorable harry squat lobster! I only got to see one little guy and he was way to fast for me to get a picture. I swear those tropical sea critters go to hide and seek school at a young age.

RoxnDox wrote:Pretty damn amazing shots, Jesse! I love it when you guys go to exotic places and share with the rest of us <big thumbs up>

Thank you sir, such a great experience.

ScubaJess wrote:Holy Spock!!!!! Super Beautiful pics Jesse!!! Also I love you super detailed report. You are the best!!! It was so much fun diving with you guys! I cannot wait for our next adventure!!!

I'm sooooooooooooo jealous of your super adorable harry squat lobster! I only got to see one little guy and he was way to fast for me to get a picture. I swear those tropical sea critters go to hide and seek school at a young age.

Thanks SJ and you are right! I know a lot of people think warm water is easier for photographs, simply not true! So many predators, warm water, and good viz, make these critters so skittish.

I am happy to report that I finished my nudibranch collection and Tompotika wins!

My Anilao collection yielded (67) beautiful Nudibranchs and Slugs.



My Tompotika collection yielded (76) amazing Nudibranchs and Slugs.



Keep in mind, some of these may appear to be the same. However, I have learned that the variation in markings indicate a different nudibranch in many cases. I need to triple check them all, but pretty amazing results.

Very cool, very impressive collection Jesse! Nice job!

And don't forget, on top of those other tropical challenges we also had to deal with extremely tiny critters and surge on many dives!

Were you all feeding sausages to the Pygmy Seahorse? That is the most portly and rotund little guy I've ever seen!

Awesome photos everyone! Looks like you have amazing adventures and earned lots of new stories to tell.

Cheers,
Dave

Followed the link to the entire collection and I haven’t ever seen so many diverse and vibrantly colored nufibrachs! Truly amazing!! Also really like the reef squid!

And dhl, I guarantee you the Pygmy seahorses were tiny!!

Posted Lionfish, Pipefish, and Moray Eels today :-)







See you all Thursday

The backlit scorpionfish is a fantastic shot. The red glare in the eye is the perfect touch.

derekcs wrote:The backlit scorpionfish is a fantastic shot. The red glare in the eye is the perfect touch.

Thanks Derek. That was a tough shot to get. But worth the effort of course


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A few more of my snaps

Happy Thursday Eve!!!

There are so many amazing photos in this trip report I can't really pick out a favorite. Sounds like I have another place I need to convince my wife that we need to visit someday!

Nice work ScubaJess

I am finally done with all my photos. Took a total of 2,066 shots and got about 500 good to great shots. Far better percentage than any previous trip. I added shrimp, misc fish, topside, and artistic nudibranch. See you all tomorrow, peace.

All of these photos and stories are simply glorious!