Close Encounters of the Cool Kind

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ScubaJess wrote:Holy epic squat lobster shots!!! You are so cool!!! Great work all around! Hope to see you at a ThThTh soon! :)
Thanks, the squats were for you :-)
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Echo wrote:beautiful!! I'm in love with these!
Thanks Echo :-)
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Tom Nic wrote:Wonderful captures!
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stphnmartin wrote:Awesome work Scubie. Love the GN, WB and SL. I'd like to catch one of those GN sequences on video one day, sans the mirror. :-)
I used to see them a lot at Fox Island WW. I'll let you know next time I see them.
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I finally got caught up on my pics late last night :-) Here are two more sequences.

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I really like these mirror shots of yours. They give good isolation of the subject and a different perspective.


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That last mosshead shot is my favorite of the whole series ... amazing image ...

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GearHead wrote:I really like these mirror shots of yours. They give good isolation of the subject and a different perspective.


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Grateful Diver wrote:That last mosshead shot is my favorite of the whole series ... amazing image ...

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Hey, thank you. I was happy when I got that shot. The timing was perfect :) only took 10 minutes of waiting.
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Dad gum Jesse. Awesome!!
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These are super amazing Jesse...
I might have to try this out.
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Dang dude...these are great! I watched a nudi eat a tube anemone once, it was entrancing. But my photos of it aren't nearly so cool ;)
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Gdog wrote:Dad gum Jesse. Awesome!!
Thanks GD, miss ya buddy. You around Thurs?
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Scubak wrote:These are super amazing Jesse...
I might have to try this out.
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Thank you so much Kirsten. Definitely post your pics when you try this :-)
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eliseaboo wrote:Dang dude...these are great! I watched a nudi eat a tube anemone once, it was entrancing. But my photos of it aren't nearly so cool ;)
Thanks Eliseaboo :-) Yeah, the experience is something else. Very cool to observe this behavior.
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Gdog wrote:Dad gum Jesse. Awesome!!
Thanks GD, miss ya buddy. You around Thurs?
I think I may be available to dive bro
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