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Wing Beach May 10, 2009

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Nice Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Rose!
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Nice Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Rose!

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  • Well, we're on our way out to the Wing Beach Canyon for the first time this year! This clip starts with a Saddled butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium), then to Rose headed north, and finally to Dennis and Judy, leading the way.
  • I like how on this clip, after the first couple of seconds, it looks like Dennis is looking around wondering where the music is coming from. Then, at the end, he looks like he is thinking "When is Mark going to take the picture and get this over with?"
  • To the canyon and down, down DOWN! This clip ends with a scene looking straight up from the bottom of the Canyon as Rose swims overhead.
  • Good job on the bubble ring, Dennis! I was a little slow on the shutter, but if you look above at the beginning of the frame you can see the perfect circle! You haven't made it to Sydnie's league on that, yet, but hey, I can't get those circles at all!
  • But I don't think that Twinspot snapper (Lutjanus bohar) was all that impressed. On the other hand, I've never seen him blow any bubbles at all. Sorry about all the backscatter in this one!
  • Nice Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Rose!
  • Not one of my best lionfish shots, but Rose did indeed find a nice fish!
  • And HERE, Rose found a nice sea urchin shell. Too bad that the rope (at the exit) had come loose so we had to pull ourselves out in a way that made her decide to discard it. Wonder how all that sand got in there!?
  • A bit over-exposed, but here you can get a better idea how nice this specimen was.
  • Crinoid, or Feather star, with Judy in the background.
  • On our way back to the rope (we thought).
  • Coral hermit crabs (Paguritta harmsi). These are true hermit crabs, but this species uses the empty burrows of long-dead-and-gone tube worms instead of shells for homes. See the feathery "antennae?" These critters just stick those antennae out and let detritus gather on them, then basically "lick" off all the goodies to eat. They don't need a "mobile home" shell like their cousins do to go foraging.
  • Giant clams are always fun to photograph. You can get angles which make 'em look almost like "modern art."
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