This is part 2 of 2. Part 1 is here: Linky
When we last left our heros, they were fighting the surge and currents of a rising storm along Anacapa island, shooting Nudi after Nudi.
TINY TOONS - And now a gallery of some of the babies we saw... From the unreasonably small to the impossibly teeny! SHHHH! They're sleeping...
Baby Sandy
Baby Hermi (with a Clownie newborn at 1:00)
Baby Moustache nudi
Another 4:00 Shadow. This one hiding on a Kelp Leaf
The smallest Trilinny ever. This guy was on a lobster trap, hiding in the fuzz. He was about 1/8" tall!
Check the bug on the nose of this little Sandy. This poor guy has lost purchase with his front foot and was literally swinging by his back foot!
This is a new one for me! The first time I've seen and shot one of these. Its a Ancula gibbosa. I thought it was a Polycera TriColor until I noticed it was kind of missing a color. This guy was the size of about half-a-Jelly Belly! Another shot of him is here: Gibby
This is my mystery Nudi - the last one Claudette found. I like that he's all red, white and blue, but I can't figure out what he is (enter Scott Fiji....) Two other shots of him are here and here.
We now return you to Normal sized Nudis!
What's a trip to Anacapa without a Fed Ex or two?
The Feddys out there are so big, its fun to shoot them with a shallower DOF to get a nice fade on them.
This is actually two Fed Ex on a huge pile of eggs. If you look closely behind the first guy you'll see some of the second one peeking around.
A face only a mother Fed Ex could love. This guy had a deformed oral tentacle. I've shot thousands of Fed Ex, and I've never seen one like this.
Black Dorids - After seeing their eggs everywhere on our first two dives we finally started to see them. They are so well camouflaged on this wacky fuzz that it took us two dives to see them. But once we were able to discern them from the fuzz, they were all over it. There are 6 in this shot.
Here's a close up of one hoovering the fuzz. See the bald spots on the branches where he's already munched?
Fatty, just chewin!
Another Black Dorid munching. And when he was done, did he ask one of his brothers to pass the fuzz? NO! He imparted a boardinghouse reach and just went and grabbed some more. Rude fellow.
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Click here to go to Part 1
* Dive Reports and Sensus Ultra Profiles of all 3 dives
* Some Nudi pics
* Ken's plug for the best dive buddy on the planet, Claudette
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When we last left our heros, they were fighting the surge and currents of a rising storm along Anacapa island, shooting Nudi after Nudi.
TINY TOONS - And now a gallery of some of the babies we saw... From the unreasonably small to the impossibly teeny! SHHHH! They're sleeping...
Baby Sandy
Baby Hermi (with a Clownie newborn at 1:00)
Baby Moustache nudi
Another 4:00 Shadow. This one hiding on a Kelp Leaf
The smallest Trilinny ever. This guy was on a lobster trap, hiding in the fuzz. He was about 1/8" tall!
Check the bug on the nose of this little Sandy. This poor guy has lost purchase with his front foot and was literally swinging by his back foot!
This is a new one for me! The first time I've seen and shot one of these. Its a Ancula gibbosa. I thought it was a Polycera TriColor until I noticed it was kind of missing a color. This guy was the size of about half-a-Jelly Belly! Another shot of him is here: Gibby
This is my mystery Nudi - the last one Claudette found. I like that he's all red, white and blue, but I can't figure out what he is (enter Scott Fiji....) Two other shots of him are here and here.
We now return you to Normal sized Nudis!
What's a trip to Anacapa without a Fed Ex or two?
The Feddys out there are so big, its fun to shoot them with a shallower DOF to get a nice fade on them.
This is actually two Fed Ex on a huge pile of eggs. If you look closely behind the first guy you'll see some of the second one peeking around.
A face only a mother Fed Ex could love. This guy had a deformed oral tentacle. I've shot thousands of Fed Ex, and I've never seen one like this.
Black Dorids - After seeing their eggs everywhere on our first two dives we finally started to see them. They are so well camouflaged on this wacky fuzz that it took us two dives to see them. But once we were able to discern them from the fuzz, they were all over it. There are 6 in this shot.
Here's a close up of one hoovering the fuzz. See the bald spots on the branches where he's already munched?
Fatty, just chewin!
Another Black Dorid munching. And when he was done, did he ask one of his brothers to pass the fuzz? NO! He imparted a boardinghouse reach and just went and grabbed some more. Rude fellow.
.
.
.
.
Click here to go to Part 1
* Dive Reports and Sensus Ultra Profiles of all 3 dives
* Some Nudi pics
* Ken's plug for the best dive buddy on the planet, Claudette
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