Bluefish Cove - Point Lobos State Reserve

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I've had a few times in my life where I have had psychic experiences, either in a dream or had such a strong feeling about something and it has come true.

In high school, I had a dream about a soccer match the night before it happened. In the dream, I was sitting on the couch reading the newspaper and read a summary that said we lost 3-1 and one of the goals was on a breakaway, just the other team's forward and our goalie. We lost that day 3-1 and one of the goals was indeed on a breakaway. I was told by my team mates never to tell them about my dreams again.

Later that year, I had a dream about getting in trouble in Algebra II class. And I was a good kid, never really got into much trouble...except for that time I drove my car on the school track, but we won't get into that. Anyway, I was telling my friend about the dream, and due to our talking in class, we got in trouble.

In diving, I have had two really strong feelings about seeing a specific animal, and within a minute, I come across the exact same animal. Once, it was a juvenile wolf eel, not your everyday critter in the least.

The second instance was this shot. As I was rounding the pinnacle at 50', I thought how it was the perfect perch for a cabezon. Boom, cabezon!

I'll always remember this dive because of this precognition as well as the fact that it was the first dive with my 16mm fisheye lens. It was shot back on January 29, 2003 when I was still shooting Provia 100 transparency film. I had no clue what I was doing and what my images would look like.

I also remember this dive because when I picked up my finished slides from the photo store, I was practically in tears. Tears of joy mind you, because the fisheye lens was exactly what I had envisioned when I starting shooting wide angle underwater but my 24mm just couldn't achieve.

So it's one from the archives today. And a reminder that I need to go diving!

Nikon N90s
Nikkor 16mm fisheye
Provia 100
Aquatica A90 Housing and 8" Dome Port
2 Sea & Sea YS-120 strobes, 1 at full and 1 at half power

Taken on: November 17, 2009

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