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four pipefish piping ...

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:15 pm
by Grateful Diver
Yesterday I did a Redondo dive with Blitz ... and we found a pair of bay pipefish down in the bottle field. Both were red ... one looked a bit like a candy cane ...

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Went back this morning (saw Ron and Tom there) ... and found two more ... these ones were green.

Got a couple decent shots of the first one ... but since I'm heading back later for a solo dive I haven't unpacked my camera yet.

Cheng got a fantastic shot of the second one ... wanted to share it with y'all ...

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... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Re: four pipefish piping ...

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:18 pm
by cardiver
That one came out great, Bob! I can't wait to get back down there and attempt to find those guys.

Re: four pipefish piping ...

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 3:06 pm
by Dusty2
WOW! Thanks for sharing

Re: four pipefish piping ...

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 3:25 pm
by Jan K
Christmas colors indeed. Great photos! :supz:

Re: four pipefish piping ...

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:25 pm
by LCF
Oh, the one in Christmas finery is a beautiful shot!

Re: four pipefish piping ...

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:58 pm
by Grateful Diver
Here's a photo show from today's and yesterday's dives ... haven't done one of these in a while ...

http://photoshow.comcast.net/watch/Bn6Ua9wI

As you can see ... lots of critters were in their holiday colors ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Re: four pipefish piping ...

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:22 pm
by Tom Nic
Delightful photos of a not-too-often seen critter! Well done Bob & Cheng! :supz: And thanks for passing them on.

Re: four pipefish piping ...

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:26 pm
by airsix
Grateful Diver wrote:haven't done one of these in a while ...
And they've been missed! Thanks for taking time to put this together and share it with us. I enjoyed it. In fact, I'm going to go enjoy it again... =D>

-Ben

Re: four pipefish piping ...

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:19 pm
by Biodiversity_Guy
Wow, what an eye you have. You can really spot them, and then get great shots to boot!

The Octo looked like he was getting ready to be shot out of a cannon.

Re: four pipefish piping ...

Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:00 am
by Scott G
Ditto those comments, great shots, nice use of the edges for the de focused backgrounds.