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Ken Bondy
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More Underwater Photos...
They're not from Baja (although the nudibranch species are found there) but I thought you guys might be interested in these, taken last Monday and
Tuesday in Morro Bay:
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Baja Bernie
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Ken
Beyond beautiful! Thank you.
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jerry
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thanks ken for sharing
jerry and judi
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Sharksbaja
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Outstanding A-1 photography. Waiting for the book.
[Edited on 7-15-2006 by Sharksbaja]
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Natalie Ann
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What incredible little creatures! I especially like the guy with the big eyes and 'horns'. Thanks, Ken, for taking me places and showing me things
my eyes would not ordinarily see.
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.....Oscar Wilde
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bajamigo
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Great photos! What equipment did you use to take them?
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Bob H
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Ken, Stunning photos. Love the colors too! Thanks, Bob H
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bajajudy
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WOW
I am overwhelmed by these photos. I, too, like the big eyed guy. It seems that he is saying...oh boy another photographer, ho hum.
Thanks
Muchisimas gracias
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longlegsinlapaz
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Ken, AWESOME photographs!!! If you don't moonlight for National Geographics, you ought to!!
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Ken Bondy
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Thanks everyone. You folks are very flattering. Bajamigo these were taken with a Fuji S2 Pro digital SLR, raw mode, 60 mm Nikkor lens, in a Subal S2
housing with two Sea and Sea YS-90DX strobes. I like the blenny too, common name is "one-spot fringehead blenny". Great subject with all the woogers
on his (her) head and eyes going in every direction. Kind of like an underwater Marty Feldman, if anybody remembers him.
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Eli
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Way Wonderful, thanks for again sharing the magic Ken Bondy! Yep, I remember Marty Feldman, and he was as funny as this little guy. All of them, I can
just imagine your delight in the encounter, you just had to be chuckling inside while you clicked, there is an over all good humor manifested in the
pictures.
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Sallysouth
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Once again, more awesome pics by Ken! You just lightened my day and made me go "out" of my problems!! Thank you Ken.
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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Al G
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Thanks Ken and this is a great reason I'm a Nomad. You may find pictures, but to put pictures with people and places and their sport, mean a great
deal more. Is there a place I can go to match pictures and learn more about each creature?
Albert G
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The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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Skipjack Joe
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Wonderful pictures of nudibranchs, Ken. They do make wonderful subjects, don't they? My teacher would simply place them in petri dishes in the lab and
shoot with that wonderful Nikon macro lens and get great results.
My favorite shots recently however have been your marine 'personality' shots. You know. The menacing sea iguana that resembled godzilla. And now this
grumpy fish with horns that isn't the least bit amused with the attention he's getting. It's great, I think, when you can convey a message other than
the picture itself.
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Ken Bondy
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Thanks so much Eli, Sally and Al G. I am overwhelmed with the kind words. Al, the fish with the Marty Feldman eyes is a "one-spot fringehead",
google it and you will get more than you ever wanted to know about him. Also, google "nudibranch" and you will get tons of reference material on
them. The orange one with the white spots is Triopha maculata, pretty rare, I have only seen them twice in 30 years. The one with the bluish body
and the yellow stripe is Hermissenda crassicornis, very common. I'm not sure I've seen the other one (the first picture), I need to root around in
the nudibranch ID books and see if I can find him. The anemones are a species of Metridium (plumose anemones), very common in cold waters in Central
and Northern CA, also extraordinarily beautiful IMHO. Thanks again for the nice words, you have all made my day 
++Ken++
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Ken Bondy
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Skipjack I wasn't ignoring you I missed your message while I was writing my last one. I appreciate your comments. I agree, there are lots of
beautiful underwater subjects, but the best photos convey some kind of behavior. Thanks,
++Ken++
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wow, who says aliens are from other planets?
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
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Mike Humfreville
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When I look at other living things, many in lifeforms I ponder; plant or animal, and question if there is a difference, your images capture that
thought. Life is amazing in its varieties. While it sounds trite, a picture IS worth a thousand words. This is especially true when taken by a
master. Thank you, Ken. Keep those images coming.
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mike Humfreville
When I look at other living things, many in lifeforms I ponder; plant or animal, and question if there is a difference, ...... |
Thanks Mike you are too kind. Your point is very perceptive, the plumose anemones in the last two photos look so much like topside flowers/plants but
they are really animals.
++Ken++
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bajamigo
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Ken, I'd love to see you do a website or even a blog with your great pictures and comments. After viewing these few photos several times over, I
wished there were many more I could have seen. I think a website would also do more justice to the quality of your photos.
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