Northwest Dive Club

Some beautiful work there - above an below the surface - and a very elegant looking website! Very nice job!

Can you list the big animals that you saw this time ?? Whale Sharks, Hammerheads etc --- We didn't see any whale sharks (in fact, I've never seen one and I've been there five times), although supposedly another boat diving there around the same time saw one. They're kind of a long shot to see there...

Beautiful gallery! The mantis shrimp with eggs is great, but I also really like the ball of jacks with the diver! And you got some great reef scenes. Great stuff!

I just returned from a trip to the Revillagigedos Islands (known also as Socorro Islands, after the name of the largest island) aboard the Solmar V. 250 miles south of Cabo San Lucas and a 24 hour boat ride each way out into the Pacific Ocean, the islands are frequented by Giant Pacific Manta Rays, ...

...I would like to shoot in RAW but with the version of Photoshop and the computer that I have it is not feasible unless I get a more powerful computer and the latest version of Photoshop. I don't have a lot of money to spare and my dry suit leaks like crazy so I guess shooting in RAW is not one of...

One quick add-on note! I mentioned that I didn't know if the latest version of ACR was compatible with CS. I just noticed it says it isn't compatible with CS4, so I think we can assume that rules out CS. I'll look around and let you know if I find a version of ACR that a) is OK for CS, and b) has yo...

Sorry for not clarifying it earlier. I have Photoshop CS version 8.0. I did an experiment and shot a RAW image. I tried to open it in Photoshop but the software could not do it. Something is missing I guess. The problem is probably that the version of ACR in your Photoshop CS is so old that it does...

Do you mean the 'eyedropper' in the camera or Photoshop? ) Sorry - I mean the eyedropper in Photoshop, specifically in the Raw converter (ACR, described below). Which version of Photoshop are you using? Is it Photoshop Elements or the full (i.e., a CS) version? I can shoot Raw with the S90 but I ha...

White balance underwater is almost always an issue, whether using strobes or not. Cameras just have a really hard time "choosing" a WB that reflects true colors underwater. Many people (including me) set the camera's WB to "cloudy" as that seems the best general setting for uw ph...

I might need to be up in Vancouver in January, and could probably add a few days on to do a couple of days diving, so I'm thinking of running (via ferry of course) over to Nanaimo. I've never been diving around there, so I'm looking for recommendations! Should I drive up to Campbell River? Bottom li...

I'd be interested in comments on OMS BP/W's, too. I believe they're more affordable than Halcyon's, and I've had good experiences with the OMS (as well as DiveRite) gear I've had in the past. I've never had a BP/W setup, but am considering one (after watching Grateful Diver Bob get tons more bottom ...

Great video and great advocacy for PNW waters! The more people living around here know about what's under the surface, the more they might support legislation to protect it. Just an outstanding job!

Very nice looking site, Jesse, and some beautful images! And kudos for donating your profits to charity!

Cool!!!

That poor lumpsucker looks COLD, though (his lips are purple!).

Cool stuff! :supz: I've had a chance to dive BH Bridge a couple of times, and it really is one of the best "muck dive" spots in the U.S., with critters (like that red-lipped batfish, as well as seahorses, stargazers, and other stuff) you seldom see in U.S. waters! Next time I go shark divi...

Except when he has a beer in his hand or he's looking at porno, Curt almost always looks pissed! Hey, I searched and searched...and I finally found one other time when Curt didn't look pissed...headed back to Tahsis after a great day of diving! :supz: 2010-10-03_142243_3536_EOS-1D Mark III_24mm.jpg

Dogs are pretty amazing - my wife is a dog trainer (with a PhD in clinical psychology), and she was reading to me about how truly amazing their noses are. For example, a dog can dstinguuish 1 teaspoon of sugar in a body of water the size of 2 Olympic size swimming pools. And they can not only tell f...

All of my images from this trip are now available on my SmugMug page here: http://johnrawlings.smugmug.com/Underwater/Nootka-Sound-October-2010/14140608_ybtTb#1042959842_QggHn If you enjoy a particular image, you can give it a "thumbs-up" vote and it will subsequently appear in the "...

2. They're very strong, and may very well remove your mask and/or regulator. They may do so without you being physically able to replace them... It's a great video! :supz: Another take-away (related to Sounder's point above) is that interacting with a GPO without a buddy nearby could be considered ...

The really interesting thing about it is that we spent a week in the big rental house and didn't watch one single Kung-Fu movie!!! Calvin would have had a hissy-fit! :smt064 so much for that tradition! We DID however watch perhaps the greatest zombie movie ever: Zombieland! Hmmm...a new tradition p...

Two things I forgot to mention earlier: 1. The salmon we floated with/through in the river were HUGE! We were speculating that many were in the 30-50 pound range! :eek: It was REALLY cool being that close to dozens of "lunkers" like that in their own element. Although some were fairly tras...

For guys like me who have to fly, would this still be a cost effective trip if I rented cylinders and limited to EAN depths? FWIW, I used only my HP 100's (one at a time) on this trip, using 32% oxygen (which Scott of Tahtsa Dive Charters can readily refill - up to 40% as I recall), and I limited m...

Tried to convince John to strap on his rebreather and sit in the middle of the river but all he did was laugh at me. Well, he didn't strap on his rebreather, but he did end up sitting in the middle of the river! However, he seems to have run into a distinct lack of...water! Maybe he was trying a ne...

OK, here are a few of my photos from the trip. You can find my entire trip gallery at: http://www.underwaterreflections.com/Nature/Nootka-Sound-BC-Oct-2010/14151091_NY3sn#1043981165_NTMUW My first dives with a DSLR in cold water were just a few weeks ago, so I still struggled with the controls in dr...

I can't add much to Bob's very eloquent and thorough trip report, other than to say I TOTALLY agree that it was a fabulous trip, and Nootka Sound is a great dive destination (especially with Scott and Jude's great dive operation)! :joshsmith: (If you've got some time in coming weeks to head up there...