Ken Bondy
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Anacapa 6/13
I did three nice dives at Anacapa Island yesterday from the Spectre out of Ventura Harbor:
Rockfish face:
Feather duster:
Tubeworm in brittle stars:
Spanish shawl nudibranch:
Lobster:
Anemone in brittle stars:
[Edited on 6-15-2007 by Ken Bondy]
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Russ
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You are an artist! keep them coming
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Ken:
I continue to be completely awe-inspired by your photos! You are a genius!
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Wonderful!
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Thanks! Your pictures are fantastic!
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amir
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Amazing! So beautiful: the colors, the lighting, the exotic forms and shapes, you bring it all to our computer monitors. Thank you Ken Bondy.
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Good work Ken.
That's one of the finest featherdusters I have ever seen. Three stories high. I wasn't sure what it was at first.
I always like the colors of the anemones you shoot at those islands.
Looks like you hit that brittle star migration again. Did someone tip you off?
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I like that feather duster, too. And the spanish shawl is such an incredible color. And that last anemone is a beauty! And never before have I
really been looked in the eye by a lobster.
It's always fun to go diving with you, Ken. Looking forward to our next trip.
Nena
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Ken Bondy
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@Russ, SDRonni, Don Alley, Amir, Cypress: Thank you so much. Your kind words are MUCH appreciated.
@Igor: The brittle stars are there every summer from about June through August, but they are not in every location and it seems to change from year to
year. Do you know anything about their habits??
@Nena: Thank you. Are you sure you have the eyes spotted? They are not the obvious ones. The real eyes are the black spheres on the top of the
curved brown stalks, not the black spots below outlined by the light colors.
++Ken++
[Edited on 6-15-2007 by Ken Bondy]
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Bob H
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Again, more amazing photography from Ken Bondy. Love the colors, but I am really amazed how you get those creatures to look straight into your lens!
WOW.
Thanks again for sharing your facinating talent.
Bob H
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Natalie Ann
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Yep, Ken, I got the eyes right. After all, I could see my own reflection.
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Ken Bondy
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@Bob H: Thank you!!
@Nena: Just wanted to make sure  . Most people don't get the eyes right. I
think that's intentional on the part of the lobster. Lots of marine animals have "artificial" eyes, markings that are intended to conceal the real
eyes and confuse predators.
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danaeb
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Anemone in stars! A digital painting. Amazing.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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Ken, your the man in the underworld view of things that are and things that some think are. I have a real desire when I retire in a year to start
diving and have a friend's nephew that is in Iraq that is going to help his buddy down by Cabo in a dive business he has there. I hope to spend some
time down there learning and maybe, just maybe, I can see what is and can be in the underworld of things that swim. I figure if you can not learn
from a Navy Seal then you probably just should not be down there. Keep up the fantastic posts and as everyone says your eye for what makes the photo
shot is just always on the money. Later------bajafun777
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Do you know anything about their habits??
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Well, I've found them to be one of the shyest inverts I've ever encountered. All the ones I've seen were only revealed by turning rocks over. That's
why it's so amazing to see your pictures of them out in the open like that.
They don't like light and they exhibit tacto something or other behavior. If you place them in an empty tank with a single rock they immediately sense
it's presence and crawl under it. They 'feel' the surface with those arms and work their way under. I don't know how they sense where the rock is
located but they head right for it.
They also seem to be one of the dominant animals of the deep sea communities. I was once involved in a survey of benthic communities (600' - 5000')
around those islands and we brought up lots of them. The bottom is a soft ooze down there and those ophiuroids surprisingly thrive in it.
The queen of the brittle stars has to be the basket star. They were rare and a real prize. Everyone wanted one for his room. The ones we brought up
were a bright orange color and massive, about the size of a dinner plate.
[Edited on 6-15-2007 by Skipjack Joe]
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Once again, I'm astonished by your fabulous photography. Thanks for sharing your dive trips. Makes me want to be back in the water!
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Ken Bondy
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@danaeb, Bajafun777, elizabeth: Mil gracias!
@Igor: They sure aren't shy out at Anacapa right now. Do you think this could be some kind of mating behavior? You know, springtime and all that?:
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Awesome photos Ken Bondy! You really capture the essence of the sea life. Please keep on shooting. I find all of your pictures quite facsinating.
Thanks.
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