
Your Chance to Dive with Eric Cheng and Douglas Seifert!
#81
Posted 17 August 2008 - 01:41 PM
Just wanted to make sure the Meet & Greet is still on for this evening. Yes, AC sounds great. My phone is (425) 896-8113 if anyone can give a quick call to confirm.
Michele Westmorland
#82
Posted 17 August 2008 - 02:20 PM
would be great to post up a confirmation, I'm heading over from the eastside as well.Hi everyone,
Just wanted to make sure the Meet & Greet is still on for this evening. Yes, AC sounds great. My phone is (425) 896-8113 if anyone can give a quick call to confirm.
Michele Westmorland
thx - Marty.
Canon 5D / Canon 10D / Subal C10 / Dual Ike DS125's / ULCS arms
#84
Posted 17 August 2008 - 04:29 PM
According to Martin's list, today's divers included:
Eric
Matt
Carol
Jon
Bruce
Greg
Martin
Simon
Linda
Pgundersons
Pgundersons
Johanna
Zebulen Pike
Kevin Mount

Greg Bang, RJ, Matt Segal, Simon Rogerson

Carol Grant and Linda Cline

Martin Heyn, Bruce Yates, Dave

Zeb, Kevin, Johanna, Linda

Wetpixel represent!!

Rick of Bandito shows off his birthday gifts

More birthday gifts for Rick

Bandito and friends: Greg, Tom, Rick, Courtney, Jackie, RJ
#85
Posted 17 August 2008 - 04:54 PM
(Note -- this post will be used in a demo video where I show how you can post images onto Wetpixel from RAW files in just a couple of minutes)

Simon Rogerson sleeps

Matt Segal sleeps

Kids jump off of a bridge
#87
Posted 17 August 2008 - 05:36 PM

The video is being encoded by Vimeo, which they estimate to take 45 minutes. Since we have to leave for the meet & greet now, it won't be posted until much later tonight.
Not even sure if anyone is interested, but... it's what I do.

#88
Posted 17 August 2008 - 09:34 PM
Edited by martys, 17 August 2008 - 09:34 PM.
Canon 5D / Canon 10D / Subal C10 / Dual Ike DS125's / ULCS arms
#91
Posted 18 August 2008 - 07:36 AM

Bruce Yates
www.UnderwaterReflections.com
Lumix GX8 in Nauticam, Canon 5DMkII in Aquatica, 1DsMkII in Seacam, G15 in RecSea...Inon Z240's...too many lenses
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damned fool about it." WC Fields
#92
Posted 18 August 2008 - 08:10 AM
Alex
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
#93
Posted 18 August 2008 - 08:35 AM
Looks like great fun. Any UW pictures from the dive to share?
Alex
I'm sure someone will post some photos, although vis wasn't great so I'm guessing only macro stuff will be very decent. I didn't take ANY photos because my housing is off being modified, so I was diving sans camera!


I saw a 3-foot ling cod, and rather than just enjoy the moment, all I could do was think, "If I had my camera, I'd try to shoot him at this angle, etc..." Very sad, really.
Bruce Yates
www.UnderwaterReflections.com
Lumix GX8 in Nauticam, Canon 5DMkII in Aquatica, 1DsMkII in Seacam, G15 in RecSea...Inon Z240's...too many lenses
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damned fool about it." WC Fields
#94
Posted 18 August 2008 - 08:38 AM
Edited by martys, 18 August 2008 - 08:39 AM.
Canon 5D / Canon 10D / Subal C10 / Dual Ike DS125's / ULCS arms
#95
Posted 18 August 2008 - 08:43 AM
Thanks a lot to Martin and Julie for opening their home to a bunch of fellow divers and hosting a really nice get together. It was a lot of fun to meet everyone.Looks like great fun. Any UW pictures from the dive to share?
Alex
The dive outing Sunday was nice, but water visibility conditions were pretty poor. The summer heat results in alge blooms in Puget Sound and the vis was VERY chunky. The 1st dive was on a wall and we had at best 10' vis below 50fsw. The 2nd dive was to a set of sunken barges and vis was only 3 to 5 feet most of the time. On the plus side, the water temp was around 53-55F so it was actually pretty warm.
I did a quick dump of my photos from Sunday's dive outing. Here are a couple of snaps and a link to the gallery.
[ Wolf-Eel on North Wall - Tucked into a sandstone ledge ]

I switched from wide to macro for the second dive.
[ Nudibranch on Maury Island Barges ]

[WetPixel - Puget Sound Dive Outing ]
http://www.pbase.com...;view=slideshow
Dave
davehicks@hotmail.com
#96
Posted 18 August 2008 - 09:22 AM
it's a very freeing experience to be in the water sans camera. you just kind of cross your arms, hang out and enjoy the scenery. I was amazed at how much I enjoyed it when I did that on a couple of dives towards the end of a week long trip a while ago. I already had several hundred images from the trip and I wanted to just enjoy the scenary and collect the memories.I'm sure someone will post some photos, although vis wasn't great so I'm guessing only macro stuff will be very decent. I didn't take ANY photos because my housing is off being modified, so I was diving sans camera!
First time in 5 years or so I've been on a dive without one - I felt practically naked!
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I saw a 3-foot ling cod, and rather than just enjoy the moment, all I could do was think, "If I had my camera, I'd try to shoot him at this angle, etc..." Very sad, really.
Canon 5D / Canon 10D / Subal C10 / Dual Ike DS125's / ULCS arms
#97
Posted 18 August 2008 - 09:51 AM
it's a very freeing experience to be in the water sans camera. . .just enjoy the scenary and collect the memories.
Clearly, Marty, you have not yet reached the "highest" level of underwater photography, where it's not a real memory unless you captured it with a photo or video!

Bruce Yates
www.UnderwaterReflections.com
Lumix GX8 in Nauticam, Canon 5DMkII in Aquatica, 1DsMkII in Seacam, G15 in RecSea...Inon Z240's...too many lenses
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damned fool about it." WC Fields
#98
Posted 18 August 2008 - 10:28 AM
As mentioned, the viz was pretty poor yesterday. I'm trying out a new Seatool D300 housing, but struggled with the AF-ON button, which is just too far for me to reach, especially with gloves on. I'll have to think of a way to modify that for easier access.
Here are a few photos from yesterday, though they are still due a bit of touchup and some fine tuning..
Carol found this lovely little octopus, not much bigger than a large blue-ring (not sure if this was a small red, or a really young GPO; I'll take a closer look later) Update: this was a red octopus, and not a GPO:


There were lots of these janolus fuscus around, so a hatch must have taken place recently. This one was on a nicely dark algae frond:

A little crescent gunnel:

The Indo-Pacific has some great decorator crabs, but we have some cools ones too in PNW waters:

I hope we'll see more stuff from the folks who are back out on the boat today.
Linda
Edited to clarify octopus was a red and not a GPO.
Edited by mandarinfish, 18 August 2008 - 04:43 PM.
#99
Posted 18 August 2008 - 12:25 PM
Great to see what you saw.
Alex
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
#100
Posted 18 August 2008 - 01:37 PM
clearly!Clearly, Marty, you have not yet reached the "highest" level of underwater photography, where it's not a real memory unless you captured it with a photo or video!

Canon 5D / Canon 10D / Subal C10 / Dual Ike DS125's / ULCS arms