Bull Kelp Rising - Big Sur, California

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I recently went through my Photostream, deleted a few extraneous shots, and noticed that one of my favorite shots was buried back as the first ever shot I uploaded to Flickr when I joined two and a half years ago. I added the ever-famous "View Large" and put a little more background to the story. Finally, I bumped it up to first in my stream since I feel it deserved a little more attention than...last.

Garrapata State Park, to many, marks the northern entrance to Big Sur, one of the most rugged and beautiful coasts on the planet. Off shore of Soberanes Point, lie two large rocks which are inhabited by California Sea Lions. This dive was the first time I took my camera down to the little cove for a kayak dive to these offshore rocks. Shooting film at the time, I was saving frames for the sea lions, but, this day, they did not cooperate. Instead, I was intrigued by the way my fisheye lens was distorting and capturing the bull kelp during my safety stop. Not my intended subject, but a reward for saving those frames.

Nikon N90s
Nikon 16mm f2.8 fisheye
Provia 100 film
2 Sea & Sea YS-120 strobes
Aquatica Housing and 8" Dome Port

Winner of Wetpixel's POTW #181, Theme: Green

Taken on: May 28, 2012

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