Biminitwist
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Wow, arrived in time for first sanctioned Force E night dive on Saturday (thanks guys!) and actually had time to chat a bit more with some of the cool folks we normally smile at while coming out or going in.
Really need to work at our social game or at least write down names on a slate.
LOL, thanks to everyone for the welcome with apologies to the "crusty hard core looking dude": Jim we were running late for our norm 3 hour jaunt and rushed in to beat the 10 pm window so I didn't get to say Hi...
I agree conditions were worse than Friday and due to a error on my part I had a dead video battery relegating me to only spotting and artistic lighting duties for the duration of the dive with my still photographer wife....
I am not too proud to say I spend the bulk of the dive in horror of finding mating frog fish or other video gold due to lack of imaging equipment....
As luck or rather vis would have it my wife spend the majority finding super tiny nudis I could only basically extrapolate were there compared to yesterday's finds but I did contribute a few players and a great if "video less" time was had none the less.
My only real regret was as I poorly explained to Linda and Diane using the highly technical jargon of sea slug lovers as it came out I was "questing for the super cool nudi that had the blue tips like the ones we saw yesterday with the orange stripes......"
I think my description fell short on the educated but as lack of a camera would have it, 2.5 hours later making our way out we stopped to take pictures of a flat worm and this non de-script nudi charged into the light cruising around then "vanishing".....
I only realized it was my "white whale" of nudis looking at Kelly's pictures on Sunday. So it goes.
Hope you enjoy. That is my version of the "blue tipped nudie..... proper name to follow......
(whoops, check next post, I must have overloaded it!)
Ps: thanks gang for hanging out for the post dive "hot shower" a definite upgrade for future dives!
John
Really need to work at our social game or at least write down names on a slate.
LOL, thanks to everyone for the welcome with apologies to the "crusty hard core looking dude": Jim we were running late for our norm 3 hour jaunt and rushed in to beat the 10 pm window so I didn't get to say Hi...
I agree conditions were worse than Friday and due to a error on my part I had a dead video battery relegating me to only spotting and artistic lighting duties for the duration of the dive with my still photographer wife....
I am not too proud to say I spend the bulk of the dive in horror of finding mating frog fish or other video gold due to lack of imaging equipment....
As luck or rather vis would have it my wife spend the majority finding super tiny nudis I could only basically extrapolate were there compared to yesterday's finds but I did contribute a few players and a great if "video less" time was had none the less.
My only real regret was as I poorly explained to Linda and Diane using the highly technical jargon of sea slug lovers as it came out I was "questing for the super cool nudi that had the blue tips like the ones we saw yesterday with the orange stripes......"
I think my description fell short on the educated but as lack of a camera would have it, 2.5 hours later making our way out we stopped to take pictures of a flat worm and this non de-script nudi charged into the light cruising around then "vanishing".....
I only realized it was my "white whale" of nudis looking at Kelly's pictures on Sunday. So it goes.
Hope you enjoy. That is my version of the "blue tipped nudie..... proper name to follow......
(whoops, check next post, I must have overloaded it!)
Ps: thanks gang for hanging out for the post dive "hot shower" a definite upgrade for future dives!
John
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