https://goo.gl/photos/i6hu7wcxEAc5rBQbAHere are a few more added to the file. Took these on Monday near Elliot bay in Seattle. No hollywood science fiction writer could make up more bizarre creaters then actually exist in the Puget sound, or much of the depths of the sea anyplace!
There is a photo of a jelly fish that was lit up like a light about 15 feet from me. At first I thought my dive partner was trying to signal me. As I got closer I realized it was an irridescent jellyfish with these odd little lights around the perimiter of the skirt. Zoom in or look close those white spots were lit up.
Of all the octopus we saw this one gave me the best photo op's he stayed in the open a while and let me enjoy his presence! The water was 52 deg and our deep spot was 76 feet. At that depth the water was crystal clear, but it was also black dark. Without a light you would be completely lost down there. These photo's are all with that little olympus TG-4 point and shoot camera. I'm really impressed with the way this thing works even at 76 feet deep. I do have an external flash, however it's so bright I have to turn it to the side for photo's.
I tried the video for the first time as well and filmed some shrimp under a log. I'll add that to the file right now. It's pretty short but I wanted to try the video function. I also turned of the video light for a couple seconds so you can see how dark it is without the light. There is an sometimes erie feeling when you get deeper than average and it's this black dark.
