I was channeling Ken today!

[LCF]

I did a photo workshop with Scott Lundy today. After the lecture portion, we did a dive at Redondo Beach for "homework". The plan was to work on composition and lighting of macro subjects, but one of the ideas Scott gave me to work with was "shoot the best of the dive".

So we went down and started, and Scott found a little Janolus nudi under a kelp leaf. The problem was that he was mostly UNDER the kelp leaf, so I reached out and gently turned the leaf over so I could see him . . . and he came OFF! He flew a couple of inches up into the water colum, and I tried to take his picture, and then Scott began to wave a little water up at him . . . and I realized what I had. I had a FLYING NUDIBRANCH!

For about the next seven minutes or so (and about 600 psi ) I shot and shot and shot this guy. Most of the pictures were useless, but one was actually pretty reasonable:



So thank you, Ken; you were in the water with me today, even if you didn't know it.

[gsk3]

Wow, Lynne. Well done! It's been really fun seeing your rapid improvement from point-and-shooter to crack underwater photographer.

The fact that it keeps me supplied with a steady stream of PNW photos is a nice side benefit :-)

[Jax]

Gorgeous!!!!

[marci]

beautiful shot, kynne...

[SparticleBrane]

Very nice.

[Mo2vation]

Heehee... isn't it arresting the amount of gas you use when shooting?

Love, LOVE the flier! I've never flown a Janolus - they're so transparent down here I always light table them. I'll need to fly one sometime.

I also love the composition - resisting to re-crop to get it perfectly centered. It adds to the flying in mid-water vibe when they're a bit tilted and off center of the frame.

Excellent, Lynne! Improvising and adding another tool to the photo toolbox.

Nicely done.


-Ken

[LCF]

Ken, I could not BELIEVE the amount of gas I huffed through during this dive -- it was less than an hour long, and I ended up below 1000 psi on an LP95. I haven't seen the low side of 1000 on a single dive in so long, I can't remember when. I turned the dive at 1300 psi, and when we got out, Scott looked at me curiously and said, "Did you turn that on GAS?" And I sheepishly had to admit it.

BTW, I looked at your new nudi picture and had an overwhelming urge to pack my camera away in a chest somewhere . . .

[b1gcountry]

Ken, I could not BELIEVE the amount of gas I huffed through during this dive -- it was less than an hour long, and I ended up below 1000 psi on an LP95. I haven't seen the low side of 1000 on a single dive in so long, I can't remember when. I turned the dive at 1300 psi, and when we got out, Scott looked at me curiously and said, "Did you turn that on GAS?" And I sheepishly had to admit it.

BTW, I looked at your new nudi picture and had an overwhelming urge to pack my camera away in a chest somewhere . . .

The only person you have to please is you, Lynne. Compared to Ken, pretty much everybody sucks.

Tom