Ken Bondy
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Back to the Little Stuff
From great white sharks at Isla Guadalupe to the little critters under the Coast Guard Pier in Morro Bay. What a contrast in my last two dives!
Friday was the highest tide I have ever seen in Morro Bay (6.5 ft – full moon). The water filled up all the wetlands canals and came right up to Los
Osos Valley Road. There were probably 50 egrets and two or three blue herons taking advantage of all the water.
As you can imagine, the water under the pier was VERY clean, I think the viz was about 15 feet. Also the warmest I think I have ever seen 57F. As
for the critters, they were the usual suspects, 3 or 4 species of nudibranchs (nothing rare), several fringeheads, a shy little octopus, and a cluster
of beautiful tube anemones in shallow water near the exit point that I should have spent more time with. All in all another great dive. Here are a
few photos.
I didn't notice how pretty the shaft of this tube anemone was. I should have spent more time with them, but I know where they are and will get them
next time:
Clown nudibranch:
Shy little octopus:
There is a little shrimp coming out of the mouth of this fringehead:
Muy guapo este fringehead:
Abrazos,
++Ken++
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DENNIS
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Beautiful work, Ken......As always. I never tire of seeing it.
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Al G
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Me too...thank you.
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The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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You've done it again, Ken! Beautiful pictures.
Lucky fringeheads that there are all those bottles down there they can hide in... Were there fewer of them before man's pollution?
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Ken Bondy
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Thanks very much DENNIS, Al G, and amir. amir, I wonder where fringeheads hung out before they invented bottles?  ++Ken++
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Ken : Wonderful
All great photos once again. It's got me thinking you should start a new magazine
UnderSea Exposé ?
I always enjoy the fringeheads the most. They're the "Mr. Grumpys' "of the ocean
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Ken Bondy Thanks Those little critters are neat.
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Roberto
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Ken, great pictures.
Tell me again what equipment you use? I have a Calypso Nikonos V and an Epson V700 to scan the negatives, but my pics are not as sharp as yours -
what's the secret?
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
Ken, great pictures.
Tell me again what equipment you use? I have a Calypso Nikonos V and an Epson V700 to scan the negatives, but my pics are not as sharp as yours -
what's the secret? |
Thanks Roberto. I use a Fuji S2 Pro DSLR in a Subal housing with two Nikon SB105 strobes. These were taken with a Nikon 60mm lens.
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Baja&Back
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That's as good of underwater closeups as I have ever seen in magazines!!!
Well done. 
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Yup Ken you done good again thanks
jerry and judi
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Just beautiful, your pictures leve me in awe.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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Fantastic once again. The tube anemone is my favorite for beauty, but you can’t beat the fringeheads for personality – if a fish can have a
personality! Thanks again! Keep ‘em coming!
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. - Ancis
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Ken - quick question.....now that you have seen whitey up close, has it changed your diving habits? Are you more aware of your surroundings? Are you
quicker to react to your peripheral vision?
I'm curious, because when I first noticed sharks while surfing, I was on alert the whole time. After awhile, I just didn;t give it a thought - got
used to it, I guess. Of course, I've never knowingly surfed with whitey.
Whoa there, Cowboy - pull back on those reins!
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Sculpin
Ken - quick question.....now that you have seen whitey up close, has it changed your diving habits? Are you more aware of your surroundings? Are you
quicker to react to your peripheral vision?
I'm curious, because when I first noticed sharks while surfing, I was on alert the whole time. After awhile, I just didn;t give it a thought - got
used to it, I guess. Of course, I've never knowingly surfed with whitey. |
Sculpin
No, it hasn't really changed my diving habits. I am just glad to have finally seen one. I have dived in several locations where whitey hangs out
(San Miguel Island, some places on Santa Rosa) and I have always been conscious of their potential presence. I have been on dives at San Miguel when
other divers saw them, but not me. I don't think actually seeing them has made me more aware. I have dived and photographed a LOT of sharks and I am
very comfortable with them, maybe more comfortable than I should be, but that's the way it is. Doc Anes, the owner of San Diego Shark Diving, the
outfit I was with at Guadalupe, has a great line when he warns divers to not hang out the cage, "It's not the one you see that gets you." That
doesn't mean you shouldn't be aware of them and look for them in places where they are known to be. ++Ken++
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Thanks for the pix, they are simply outstanding. Keep up the work.
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Ken Bondy, thank you so much for the little stuff, they are so cute! My favorite is the shy octopus, what a sweet eye.
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Great stuff! Thanks!!
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Ken
Someone recently suggested that you post something to put me in a better mood....I don't remember who but they sure knew how I reacted you your shots.
Thanks for the smiles which you provide each and every time you dunk your head under the waters.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Ken Bondy
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Bernie I wish I could help. You are a true joy here, a pioneer and an inspiration, I don't understand what is going on with you, but if my silly fish
pictures can help I will overload you with them
[Edited on 10-2-2007 by Ken Bondy]
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