Learning to see

[TSandM]

My husband and I have been taking a wonderful "Fish ID" course through our LDS. The stated purpose of the class is to convince all of us that there is cool stuff to see in Puget Sound OTHER than Giant Pacific Octopus and Wolf Eels We've had two nights of class so far, focusing on invertebrates, and today the class did the first dives to put our new information to work.

It was AMAZING how much richer the experience of being underwater was as a result. We spent a lot of time looking closely at small things and SAW them and were delighted, and a lot of the time, we even knew what they were.

I can't recommend too highly doing something of this sort early on. What seems to be a big blur of seaweed and rocks and anemones suddenly resolves into a varied and highly populated ecosystem.

 

[gcbryan]

My husband and I have been taking a wonderful "Fish ID" course through our LDS. The stated purpose of the class is to convince all of us that there is cool stuff to see in Puget Sound OTHER than Giant Pacific Octopus and Wolf Eels We've had two nights of class so far, focusing on invertebrates, and today the class did the first dives to put our new information to work.

It was AMAZING how much richer the experience of being underwater was as a result. We spent a lot of time looking closely at small things and SAW them and were delighted, and a lot of the time, we even knew what they were.

I can't recommend too highly doing something of this sort early on. What seems to be a big blur of seaweed and rocks and anemones suddenly resolves into a varied and highly populated ecosystem.

I predict you will soon be purchasing an underwater camera

 

[TSandM]

No, that's my husband's thing. I just look and marvel, and he has to do the dirty work of recording things for posterity.

 

[wetrat]

Cool! I was thinking about taking a course like that.

wetrat