Some E-330 images from this w/e

[jlyle]

Memorial Day w/e in Southern California.

Scott, Margaret, and I took the boat out on Sunday to OML. Visibility was ok, but not great – on the other hand, the water was a balmy 64 degrees! Lots of nudibranchs and the usual critters. We went around to the wreck of the Avalon, but the current was screaming towards the south, so we opted to move further back towards King Harbor and dive the Barge. On the barge, the water was still warm (61 degrees) and visibility was about 10 feet. I found some simnias to photograph.

Monday, Todd Winner joined the three of us on the Popeye Maru. There was a great deal of mixed swell in the South Bay, so we decided to dive Hawthorne Reef. Visibility was very nice (30+ feet), but the water temp was 52 degrees! What a difference a day makes. There were many, many different species of nudis and lots of egg cases.

Here are some of my images from this w/e:

Olympus E-330, Zuiko 50mm + 1.4TC

 

[fatbadak]

Absolutely gorgeous pics. Nice bright colours....awesome! I especially like the second nudi, with the light bouncing off the little creases on its body. Reminds me of those micro bug shots usually found in science books. Good job.

 

[alcina]

Nice!

Love the colours and the pose/set up on 6 & 8!!

 

[AndyT]

Beautiful images !!

 

[AbyssalPlains]

Very, very nice! The Spanish Shawl is in a very unusual position. Love it. With that white nudi, I wonder if switching off one strobe or extreme side lighting would have brought out the contours a little better?

 

[jlyle]

Very, very nice! The Spanish Shawl is in a very unusual position. Love it. With that white nudi, I wonder if switching off one strobe or extreme side lighting would have brought out the contours a little better?

Spanish shawl, "I can fly!" We see so many Spanish shawl nudibranchs locally that we tend to ignore them.

Yeah, the Cuthona divae image is flat. I included it because I had never seen them laying eggs before. There are at least three nudis in the pic and the egg masses look like a mixture of old and new eggs.

Jim

 

[suzette]

I really enjoyed this post. What spectacular images! The octopus was my favorite. He looks so sneaky in there.

 

[Larry C]

Great pictures, Jim.

 

[diver918]

AWESOME pics...the colors are nuts!