The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...

[Lonestar]

At depths >100fsw too I bet!

[cardiver]

At depths >100fsw too I bet!

12-20' at Redondo and I'm finding them at 12' at Three Tree during the day.

[Grateful Diver]

Plenty of lumpies down in the bottle field. I was there last night as well ... with Diver_C. Got in around 7 PM. Was using Cheng's new camera ... trying to figure it out before our Maldives trip. Perhaps I'll have time to download some shots later this evening.

It's getting harder for me to dive ... leaking drysuit isn't much fun in January, and I don't have a spare suit to use while it gets fixed. Oh well ... two more weeks I can give it to Wally and hope for the best while I'm off diving warm water. Hopefully it doesn't need a zipper (but I suspect that's the problem). Came out last night wet chest to knees ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[mpenders]

Here's a few I took last night:

Decorator Crab

Horned Shrimp

Juvenile Wolf Eel - found him (her?) and sibling south of the boat ramp

Nanaimo Dorid

Fragile Ruffled Scaleworm on star (Thanks, Jan!)

Blacktip Poacher (Thanks, Greg!)

White Lined Dirona

Lumpie

Lumpie

Lumpie

Lumpie

Lumpie

[cardiver]

I was wondering what you were focusing on when you were taking pics of that star!
Seeing your pic on the Poacher reminded me that I saw one on eggs last night.....

[cardiver]

I was wondering what you were focusing on when you were taking pics of that star!
Seeing your pic on the Poacher reminded me that I saw one in the shallows last night that was posing.

[Jan K]

Here's a few I took last night:

Parasite on Sea Star.JPG

it might be this one, they are quite common

[mpenders]

Here's a few I took last night:

Parasite on Sea Star.JPG

it might be this one, they are quite common

Sure looks like it. Thanks, Jan!

[Lonestar]

Saw you headed down the steps Bob. It was a wet dive night. I didn't check my neck seal for the second dive so it was wee bit chilly packing everything up!

[Grateful Diver]

Here's a few pics I took with Cheng's new camera last night. I think I might have it figured out now ...













... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[gutholmj]

Here's a few pics I took with Cheng's new camera last night. I think I might have it figured out now

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

That XZ-1 is a great camera. I guess the shooter might deserve a little credit as well

[cardiver]

Here's a few pics I took with Cheng's new camera last night. I think I might have it figured out now

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

That XZ-1 is a great camera. I guess the shooter might deserve a little credit as well

He lives!
Great pics, Bob. I really liked that camera but I have this sickness that makes me buy a new kit every few months.......

[gutholmj]

Here's a few pics I took with Cheng's new camera last night. I think I might have it figured out now

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

That XZ-1 is a great camera. I guess the shooter might deserve a little credit as well

He lives!
Great pics, Bob. I really liked that camera but I have this sickness that makes me buy a new kit every few months.......

Admitting your problem is the first step to recovery smartass. Oh, & I went diving too. I forgot my mask, but used my backup despite my "rule" of no-solo without a backup, and forgot my computer. I learned something though, the camera timestamps can be used as a bottom timer.

Redondo, Thursday around noon.
Not a pic worth keeping, but proof I was there.

[cardiver]

So you only solo dive now? :angry:

[LCF]

Wonderful catch on the eelpout, Bob -- do you know what he was eating?

Love the gunnels, too. I have GOT to get out one of these days and do some more playing with MY new camera!

[gutholmj]

So you only solo dive now? :angry:

Nah, I just didn't feel like getting up early or staying out late.

[Diver_C]

Wonderful catch on the eelpout, Bob -- do you know what he was eating?

Crab

[Grateful Diver]

Not a crab ... Cheng and I looked closely at the pic, and that's a fish tail sticking out of its mouth. Dunno what kind though ... doesn't look like a tubesnout ...

... Bob (Grateful DIver)

[Greg Jensen]

The last two poacher pics here are blacktip poachers (first was labeled as a pygmy)

[cardiver]

The last two poacher pics here are blacktip poachers (first was labeled as a pygmy)

I wasn't sure so I just went with the generic, "Poacher".......

[mpenders]

The last two poacher pics here are blacktip poachers (first was labeled as a pygmy)

Okay, it was a (not very) educated guess.

What did you see that says "blacktip"?

Thanks!

Mike

[Greg Jensen]

Here's a pygmy- note the different shape of the head, and no whiskers under the chin, just a single one at the corner of the mouth. If you look at the area between the back of the head and the first dorsal, you'll see that it is actually concave, rather than flat as in the other poachers.


The poacher that looks the most like a blacktip is the bigeye poacher. That one has two whiskers (cirri) at the corner of the mouth, instead of the single 'Fu Manchu' moustache of the blacktip.

[Lonestar]

Thursday's dive, I really wish that I could have gotten the painted shell in focus as there is a crab in it which I thought made it way cool. I will find it again!

[BASSMAN]

Nice pics Tim!

[LCF]

Very nice lighting on the alabaster nudis!