East Timor: 2 Jan. - Zippy the friendly squid and friends

[calypsonick]

During our night dive, Zippy here decided my dive light was very interesting and wanted a close-up look. It must have been comical watching me try to take a picture of Zippy while at the same time coaxing him away from the hot bulb in my HID light with my elbows. Once Zippy realized that he was not going to be left to approach the new light in his life, he took off towards the surface.

 

[justleesa]

wow! Very cool! Now tell me how you do it! I saw my first cuttle fish on a night dive last week and had the darndest time getting the camera to focus, hold my light and not to scare it away!!

 

[midwestdvr]

Calypso, I think you must be the alter ego of aquaman. You can get these squids to pose for you on command. C'mon, admit it (love the pics BTW, especially the squids).

 

[alcina]

Fabulous detail on the squidly!!!

 

[dbh]

Nice pics Nick! I am surprised the CTW's are out with the crab so close.

Dave

 

[Jamdiver]

Great pics Nick!!
Zippy is so friendly lol and the crab has such personality in the first pic .

Wonderful photos .

 

[Chad_Ordelheide]

Nice shots as usual

 

[calypsonick]

wow! Very cool! Now tell me how you do it! I saw my first cuttle fish on a night dive last week and had the darndest time getting the camera to focus, hold my light and not to scare it away!!

Thanks y'all.

Lisa, I guess I got lucky to find a squid that loves dive lights :06: Go figure. I took advantage of the pauses that Zippy took as he figured out how to best get past my elbows in order to get to my light.

 

[ssra30]

Very nice, love the squid. I could never get within 5ft of one. I'll try to attract it with my light next time I find one and hopefully I might get lucky